The
last of the chevaliers. (End of the play.)
Jeff. "I thought your government was more magnanimous than to hunt down women and children."
L. Prang & Co.
printer
still image
Graphic
Collecting cards -- 1860-1870
Lithographs -- 1860-1870
Satires (Visual works) -- 1860-1870
mau
Boston, Mass
PA. Philadelphia
L. Prang & Co
1865
1865
monographic
eng
1 print : lithograph ; 10 x 6 cm. (4 x 2.5 in.)
Comic collecting card satirizing the unusual circumstances of the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Depicts a full-length view of Davis, attired in a shawl, a hoop skirt with a patch, and boots with spurs. A bonnet is tied around his neck, the edge of his skirt cage is visible, and he holds up a dagger in his right hand. A disembodied hand with a gun is pointed at him from the left.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by L. Prang & Co., in the Clerkâs Office, of the district court of Mass.
Davis, Jefferson
1808-1889
Caricatures and cartoons
Davis, Jefferson
1808-1889
Capture & imprisonment
Cross dressing
United States
History
Civil War, 1861-1865
P.2017.22.3
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
GC - Civil War - Davis [P.2017.22.3]
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