Some Pumpkins, Esq. American wit and humor. Social status -- Caricatures and cartoons. A man with a pumpkin for a head holds a paper that reads "Some Pumpkin Esquire." "Pumpkin" is a derogatory term for an important person. The border features a woman embracing a man; the pair resemble Commedia dell'arte characters. At the bottom is a pack of matches marked "Lucifer's matches." Text: Gentle Squash-head, (don't be shocked), / Mind your eye, / Else some day you may be knocked / Into a pie. Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. [S.l. : s.n] [between 1840 and 1880?] Caricatures and cartoons. Comic valentines. digitool:6137 Comic Valentines, 10.17