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Title: The head of the Confederacy on a new base
Creator: Hilton & Co. (New York, N.Y.), publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1865
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of the President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis dressed in women's hoop skirts being captured by Union army soldiers; one man pulls at Davis' skirts while another brandishes a sword in one hand an points a gun at Davis' face with the other; two additional soldiers look on in the background; a woman with a dog running at her feet exclaims "Don't provoke the President, or some of you may get hurt!!" in a speech bubble at top left.
Date supplied by cataloger based on the date of Jefferson Davis' capture. "Published by Hilton & Co. 128 Nassau St. N.Y."--text, bottom center margin. "Don't provoke the President, or some of you may get hurt!!"--text, top left of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 29.85 x 39.37 cm (11 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_MIL_002380
413511
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2259
Language: English
Subject: Cross dressing--Pictorial works
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Pictorial works
Soldiers--Pictorial works
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works
Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Political cartoons. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Military
Large Size
American Civil War
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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