Details
Creator Cameron, John artist.
Contributor Currier & Ives, publisher.
Title The capture of an unprotected female, or the close up of the rebellion. [graphic] J. Cameron
Publisher New York: Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St
Publisher NY. New York. 1865
Date 1865
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 35 x 46 cm.(14 x 18 in.)
Description Cartoon satirizing the capture of the Confederate president Jefferson Davis by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865. Davis,disguised as a woman, is surrounded at gunpoint by jeering soldiers. Davis holds his hands in the air as one soldier pulls up his dress to reveal trousers below. Mrs. Davis, the lone female figure, begs the soldiers to leave her husband alone as they mockingly comment on his legs.
Is referenced by Weitenkampf p. 151.
Notes Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Capture & inprisonment.
Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Cross dressing.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Political cartoons -- 1860-1870.
Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Printer Currier & Ives, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1864-31W [P.8978]
Accession number P.8978