| Title |
A Fancy Soldier. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A man in a green and red uniform looks into a tube, possibly a gun or cannon. He holds a monocle over his eye, carries a walking
stick, and has long hair, suggesting that he is a dandy. The sender criticizes the recipient for posing as a soldier and suggests
that he is effeminate.
|
| Notes |
Text: Your swashing gate and vacant stare, / Pleased fools in times of peace, / But since afraid to go to war, / Put off the
duds and cease.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Masculinity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Dandies -- caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Soldiers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
American wit and humor. |
|
Gender roles. |
|
Gender transgression. |
|
Sissies. |
|
Queer history. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.144.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 3.44 |
