| Title |
Complacent Officer. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[1861-1865?] |
| Description |
The Union officer stands with his feet crossed and his hand on his hip. He holds one of his mutton chops, which are long and
curled.
|
| Notes |
Text: Oh, gallient officer, / With air so complacent, / With whiskers a la mutton chop, / And general [air] so dacent [missing
word]-- / I'm sure I could not wed with thee, / For I'd never do my duty; / What could I do the live-long day, / But gaze
upon thy beauty?
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Soldiers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Masculinity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Pride and vanity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.88.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 2.38 |
