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.
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Comic Valentines, 10.17