A Shoe-Maker" -- Vinegar Valentine

England, 1850. Very good. Light staining/dust soiling.. A humorous vinegar valentine poking fun at cobblers and shoe makers. The image depicts a shoe maker at work with large features and a sign behind him reading "Snob & Co". The rhyme below reads, "Prithee, you little knock-knee'd soul, How dare you love profess, I've known you fully long enough, Your motives for to guess: Now, last of all, I tell you true, In words quite plainly stated, You are a dirty, greasy snob, Which trade I always hated." Measures approx. 9.5" by 7.25". Printed in black with hand coloring (stenciling?) on top. Vinegar Valentines (sometimes called Penny Dreadfuls, not to be confused with the identically named cheap serial literature of the same period) were most popular in the Victorian era, and were usually sent anonymously and with a bit of a mean-spiritedness to someone you were not fond of.