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A pretty Valentine you look, upon that horse of thine,
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Title
A pretty Valentine you look, upon that horse of thine,
Publisher
[New York] : T.W. Strong, New-York.
Date
[1861-1865?]
Description
A Union soldier sits on top of a toy horse. He wears spurs and a sword, and he has a gray beard and hair. "Dead beat" is slang for soldiers who feigned injury to shirk their duties. The phrase "tainted sore with treason" refers to the soldier's pox-marked face, which suggests sexual promiscuity and venereal disease.
Notes
Text: A pretty Valentine you look, upon that horse of thine, / But know, my sweet-faced Brigadier, you never can be mine; / Better men than you can ever be, are waiting for your seat, / So throw up your commission, you regular "dead beat." / You never can be popular, for this one simple reason, / The best friends you have got, suspect you're tainted sore with treason.
"507"
Genre
Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject
American wit and humor.
Soldiers -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Sexually transmitted diseases -- Caricatures and cartoons.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Has format
TMP.objres.390.jpg
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier
Comic Valentines, 8.39
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Comic Valentine Collection
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