| Creator |
Hacker, Francis. |
| Contributor |
Andrieu, M. A. (Mathuren Arthur), artist. |
|
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
[Caricature of the capture of Jefferson Davis May 10, 1865] [graphic] / M A Andrieu. |
| Publisher |
Rhode Island : Francis Hacker |
| Publisher |
R.I. 1865 |
| Date |
1865 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen mounted on paper ; sheet 28 x 22 cm (10.75 x 8.25 in.) |
| Description |
Photographic reproduction of a caricature 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 Davis
being inspected by Union soldiers as he emerges from a tent, holding a basket, while attired in a hood and skirt. His wife,
Varina Davis, stands next to him and an African American servant, portrayed in racist caricature with grotesque features,
peers from behind the tent flap. Bottles and a case marked "Silver Spoons, C.S.A." (an allusion to Jefferson's safeguarding
of the remaining Confederate treasury) lay on the ground in front of the tent. Also shows a saddle hanging in a tree to the
right of the tent.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Francis Hacker, in the Clerk's Office
of the District Court of Rhode Island.
|
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Jefferson Davis and Confederate material. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
|
RVCDC |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
|
See related carte de visite: cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons - [P.2016.63]. |
| Subject |
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Capture & imprisonment. |
|
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Cross dressing. |
|
Finance -- Confederate States of America. |
|
Racism in popular culture. |
|
Soldiers -- Union. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Caricatures -- 1860-1870. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Hacker [5795.F.15a] |
| Accession number |
5795.F.15a |
