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Title Mister Artillery, how quickly you fly.
Publisher [New York] : T.W. Strong, New-York.
Date [1861-1865?]
Description The artillery soldier sits on a large bird with a cannon for its head. He holds his swab in his hand and wears a Union uniform. The sender criticizes the recipient for having killed many people and compares his interest in the cannon to his interest in his pipe.
Notes Text: Mister Artillery, how quickly you fly, / How many poor mortals this day have to die; / With your swab in your fist, and your cannon well rammed, / And your pipe with tobacco profusedly crammed. / Just fly from my presence, and that very quickly, / The sight of your face makes a person feel sickly.
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Genre Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject American wit and humor.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Artillerymen -- Caricatures and cartoons.
War casualties -- Caricatures and cartoons.
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Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier Comic Valentines, 6.47