| Title |
The Sentinel. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[1861-1865?] |
| Description |
The Union sentinel holds a gun and wears a uniform that is too big for his frame, making him appear childish. The sender mocks
the recipient and suggests that he will never marry.
|
|
Ill. signed: B. |
| Notes |
Text: Say! Lonely Sentinel; when on thy beat, / Do'st ever long the one thou lovest to meet? / Do'st ever wish when though
demand'st the pass, / That she that gave the countersign might be thy lass? / Oh! vain is thy hope, and grey will be thy hair,
/ Before she gives the watchword to "Who goes there?"
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Guard duty -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Soldiers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.438.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 9.37 |
