The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Letter from a Destitute Swell

Kiddes, Lubin Lavendaw Del, Howard. "Letter from a Destitute Swell." Vanity Fair, April 5, 1862, 165.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
illustration
commentary
Abstract

A letter and image of the author who with his lovely affectation explains how a want has arisen for marriageable men due to the war. He is prepared to meet that demand, though not without extracting a few dollars in the process.