Details
Title You're a gay old Colonel, that's beyond a doubt,
Publisher [New York] : T.W. Strong, New-York.
Date [1861-1865?]
Description A Union soldier holds a gun and sword. Hemp rope was used for hanging, and the sender rejects the recipient by suggesting that he hang himself.
Notes Text: You're a gay old Colonel, that's beyond a doubt, / See front your forehead how your eyes bulge out; / With sword and pistol tight within your hand, / You think, no doubt, you look supremely grand; / Around your neck go place thick hempen twine, / And never hope to be my Valentine.
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Genre Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject American wit and humor.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Soldiers -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Has format TMP.objres.633.jpg
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier Comic Valentines, 13.32