Card, valentine card

Comic valentine's card printed as a woodcut on cheap paper with a caricature of a plumber. The print is crudely coloured and below is printed a cruel verse 'Of all the thievish, loafing beats, With which the world is cursed; Who bleed us like a greedy leech, The Plumber is the worst. You cut a pipe, when work is slack, To make the water run; Then charge an extra "half a-day," Before the work is done.' One of a collection of sample comic valentine's bound in a single volume, stored within a wooden case. On the spine of the case is a label 'Comic'. One of a series of valentine's cards relating to various trades.