| Title |
A Bull Run-ner. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[1863-1865?] |
| Description |
"That human face divine" refers to Milton's "Paradise Lost." The title refers to the Second Battle of Bull Run, which occurred
August 28 and 30, 1862.The valentine shows a Union soldier running from cannon balls. He wears a blue coat and red trousers
and cap. He carries a sack on his back.
|
| Notes |
Text: His eye-balls glare--- / Oh! what a stare / Is on that human face divine; / He runs! he's running back to me-- / Oh!
Hurry up! my Valentine.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Soldiers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.64.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 2.14 |
