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Title As you stand there so quietly, in repose.
Publisher [Boston] : L. Prang & Co. Boston
Date [1863-1865?]
Description The soldier stands in front of a cannon and wears a gray Confederate uniform. Vanity and inaction effeminize him. L. Prang & Co. first appeared in the Boston city directory for 1863.
Notes Text: As you stand there so quietly, in repose, / No doubt you think that you are very fine. / You'd rather slaughter ladies' hearts than foes. / I'd hate to love so vain a Valentine.
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.
Confederate States of America. Army -- Military life -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Masculinity -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Pride and vanity -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Has format TMP.objres.25.jpg
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier Comic Valentines, 1.25