A man stands next to a cat with a visible ribcage. He holds an egg and a knife in one hand and a pouch in the other., Text: You nasty, stingy, saving cur, / You'd shave an egg to get its fur; / I'll surely have small taste to abide / A man who'd skin a flea to get its hide., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
A woman wearing eyeglasses holds a plate with bones on it., Text: Your only thought, to me would seem to be, / How you can skimp, and skin, and save; / Forgetting riches oft take wings and flee-- / At least, you none can take beyond the grave., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
The miser holds a fork with a fish on it over a fire. Next to the fire are a small sauce pan and toasting fork. A cat stands behind the chair., Mean, snivelling, sneaking, garret-bred, / Cat-lick'd, and shotten-herring-fed: / What right can such a thing as you / Presume a woman's love to woo? / Starve where you may, this picture see, / Poor drivelling knave, you don't starve me., Cf. Valentine 10.27., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector., Provenance: De Marsan, H. (Henry), publisher.
The miser is thin with pointed features. He pushes coins into a pile and holds a bag. A small dog stands in front of his table., Text: You starve your own body, and would if you wed, / Dress your wife in but rags, all the while, / The whole of your care, through your miserly life, / Is to add a few cents to your pile., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
The miserly woman looks over shoulder. Her hands rest on a pile of gold coins, and money bags "3000" and "50,000" sit on the table beside her., Text: Trembling at each wind that's passing, / Fearing danger to your gold / You've spent all your life amassing; / How your petty soul is sold!, Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
A thin woman wears rags and touches a pile of coins on a table., Text: Vain, hoarding miser, worst of all thy kind; / Of females all, least suited to my mind; / No room for other in that heart of thing; / Let filthy lucre be thy Valentine., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
A man holds a fork with a fish on it over a fire. Next to the fire are a small sauce pan and toasting fork. A cat stands behind the chair., Text: Mean, snivelling, sneaking, garret bred, / Cat-lick'ed, and shotten herring fed; / What right can such a thing as you, / Presume a woman's love to woo? / Starve where you may, this picture see, / Poor drivelling knave, you don't starve me., Cf. 6.31., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
