| Title |
A Traitor. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The first line is an allusion to "Hamlet." A Union soldier holds up his sword and stands next to a cannon. Another soldier
lies on a hill and thumbs his nose. A skull and cross bones flag flies above them.
|
| Notes |
Text: "Treason most foul as in the best it is" / But, who could think of treason worse than this; / From its proud staff to
tear our Starey flag, / And in its place to hoist that traitor rag.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Traitors -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.561.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Hamlet. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 12.10 |
