Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Sketch of Jefferson Davis in a dress

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GLC#
GLC05111.02.1371-View header record
Type
Images
Date
circa 1861-1865
Author/Creator
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Title
Sketch of Jefferson Davis in a dress
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Drawing shows Jefferson Davis in a woman's dress, with a bayonetted musket pointing at his head, a snake about to bite his leg and an ominous vine/noose hanging from a tree. He is holding a very large knife. There is an A-frame tent in the background with a group of people gathered in front. Ink inscription on image "Jeff's Soliloquy, To be or Not To be (hanged), that's the Question." Imprint on recto "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."

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