Title |
The Brave Volunteer. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[1861-1865?] |
Description |
The first line quotes from Charles Carroll Sawyer's sentimental Civil War ballad, "When this cruel war is over." The valentine
shows a Union soldier lighting his cigarette from a bomb as bombs fly in the background behind him. The border shows cupids
and hearts; one cupid shoots a heart out of a thimble cannon labeled "Love"; another cupid travels with a heart in a hot-air
balloon; and another cupid hammers at a cracked heart below a heart on a fishhook labeled "Caught." The valentine satirizes
the purported bravery of the volunteers by showing them as foolish.
|
Notes |
Text: "When this cruel war is over," And our noble Volunteers / home return to live in clover / Shan't we have good times,
my dears? Honor to the heroes, who by / Their brave deeds us captivate, / Thank of all the kisses ruby / That upon their coming
wait!
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|
Variant of Valentine 2.8 and Valentine 2.9. |
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Soldiers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.60.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Sawyer, Charles Carroll, b. 1833. When this cruel war is over. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 2.10 |