Details
Title Jefferson Davis as jackass stationery
Date 1861-1865
Physical description 1 sheet; 18 x 23.35 cm. (7 x 9 in.)
Notes Image: This is an advertisement for stationery with the image of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, pre- and post-war. The image mocks Davis and he is seen first, going to war, in a military cap decorated with ribbons. If one turns the image upside down, Davis appears like a jackass, his face deep in a bag of oats. This stationery, according to the advertisement below the image, is identified as the "Jeff. Davis Letter Sheet." There were envelopes for sale to accompany it.
Caption: Jeff Davis going to War; Jeff. returning from War.
Genre Patriotic envelopes 1860-1870
Coverage United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Is part of Civil War Envelope Collection
Has format TMP.objres.5662.jpg
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Identifier Stationery - Caricatures - People - LCP
Accession number Stationery C-P-J-LCP-1
Bibliographic citation William R. Weiss. The catalog of Union Civil War patriotic covers (Bethleham, Pa.: William R. Weiss, 1995).