| Title |
Baboon. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The valentine shows an ape in a top hat, gloves, and plaid suit and waist coast. He smokes a cigarette and holds a thin walking
stick. "Baboon" is an invidious epithet.
|
| Notes |
Text: A baboon, in some far-on forest, / May be a model for his race; / But here, among the men and women, / Decidedly he's
out of place.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Primitive societies -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.27.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 1.27 |
