Object Record
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Metadata
Finding number |
CGA.AC.AP6.028 |
Title |
Jeff's Last Shift |
Date |
1865 |
Creator |
Baker, Joseph E., 1837-1914 |
Signed Name |
JEB |
Start Date |
1865 |
End date |
1865 |
Genre |
Editorial cartoon |
Subject |
Captures Civil war Confederate States of America Presidents |
Related people |
Davis, Jefferson |
Shown |
Forest Man wearing dress Soldiers |
Medium |
Lithograph |
Width (cm) |
38.500 |
Height (cm) |
29.500 |
Collection |
The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum |
Description |
Issued from Bufford's Print Publishing House, 813 Washington St., Boston, Mass., 1865. One of the less outlandish variations on the popular theme of Jefferson Davis's capture by Union soldiers. In a wooded setting Davis, wearing a bonnet and dress and wielding a Bowie knife, tries unsuccessfully to flee from three armed Union soldiers. One soldier grabs Davis's arm, while the others point their weapons at him. A woman, possibly Davis's wife, raises her hands in alarm. The quotation at bottom, attributed to Mrs. Davis, reads: "The men had better not provoke the President as he might hurt some of 'em." Commentary by Library of Congress. |
Credit line |
The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum |
Accession number |
CGA.PUR.2015 |
Version |
original art |