Sketch of Jefferson Davis and wife excanging clothes.

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Sketch of Jefferson Davis and wife excanging clothes.

GLC05111.02.1373

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GLC#
GLC05111.02.1373-View header record
Type
Images
Date
circa 1861-1865
Author/Creator
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Title
Sketch of Jefferson Davis and wife excanging clothes.
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 carte de visite Height: 9.7 cm, Width: 6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Drawing shows a woman handing Jefferson Davis her dress. She is wearing just her slip and corsette. His pants are on the ground next to his knife. A Confederate flag flies in front of a palm tree over a sign that reads: "H'd. Q'ts" and another that reads: "Last Ditch 1 Mile." Imprint on image "Strategy or Change of Base." Imprint on recto "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Wm. H. Mumler, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. 258 Washington Street, Boston."

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