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Creator Giles, J. L., lithographer.
Title The capture of Jeff Davis [graphic] : His last official act "the adoption of a new rebel uniform." He attempts to "clear his skirts," but finds it "all up in Dixie" / Giles.
Publisher New York: Published at 111 Nassau St. N.Y. (up stairs)
Publisher NY. New York. 1865
Date [1865]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 32 x 41 cm.(12.5 x 16.25 in.)
Description Cartoon satirizing the unusual circumstances of the capture of the Confederate president, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Depicts Union soldiers on horseback riding through marshes and chasing down Davis, who flees on foot. The president wields a dagger and wears a woman's dress and cape as well as a "Blockade Runner" boot. Nearby, Mrs. Davis scolds the soldiers "not to provoke the President." In the background, a horse packing a sack of "Confederate Gold" gallops away ( an allusion to Jefferson's safeguarding of the remaining Confederate treasury).
Is referenced by Weitenkampf p. 149.
Notes Printed above the title: "Don't provoke the President, or he may hurt some of you!"
Name of artist supplied by Weitenkampf.
Retrospective conversion record; original entry, edited.
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 & imprisonment.
Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Finance -- Confederate States of America.
Cross dressing.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Political cartoons -- 1860-1870.
Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1865-18W [6381.F]
Accession number 6381.F