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Title Ah! what is the matter, my trooper so gay,
Publisher [S.l. : s.n.]
Date [1861-1865?]
Description The trooper [i.e., cavalry soldier] kneels before a young woman who is crying. He wears a blue Union uniform, and his hat and gloves lie on the ground before him. Sitting on his spurs, the trooper appears pained. The text and image suggest that the trooper has no interest in the woman's feelings, and is concerned only with his immediate physical discomfort.
Notes Text: Ah! what is the matter, my trooper so gay, / While to this young lass you are kneeling? / Your head, it is soft-- as for heart you have none, / Your butt alone seems to have feeling.
Genre Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject American wit and humor.
Soldiers -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
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Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier Comic Valentines, 1.5