Title |
To a Military Bobadil. |
Publisher |
[New York] : Strong, N.Y. |
Date |
[1861-1865?] |
Description |
A Union soldier holds his sword out of its scabbard, and a cannonball smokes near his feet. "Bobadil" means braggart and refers
to Captain Bobadil in Jonson's "Everyman in his humor."
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Notes |
Text: All hail thou most terrific-looking fellow, / If hair and bravery now were always twins, / Or those fought hardest who
the loudest bellow, / Thou wert the pluckiest of paladins. / But 'tis not so; vainglorious boast and bluster / Are oft assumed
to hide a trembling heart, / The quiet men, where serried squadrons muster, / Enact, mid tired and blood, the manliest part.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Soldiers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Pride and vanity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Masculinity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.530.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
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Jonson, Ben, 1572-1637. Everyman in his humour. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 11.29 |