Title |
Some Pumpkins, Esq. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n] |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A man with a pumpkin for a head holds a paper that reads "Some Pumpkin Esquire." "Pumpkin" is a derogatory term for an important
person. The border features a woman embracing a man; the pair resemble Commedia dell'arte characters. At the bottom is a
pack of matches marked "Lucifer's matches."
|
Notes |
Text: Gentle Squash-head, (don't be shocked), / Mind your eye, / Else some day you may be knocked / Into a pie. |
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Social status -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.468.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 10.17 |