Jefferson Davis.

• Price: $65.00
  

  SKU: 84287

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• PUBLISHER: Published by E.B. Treat & Co, New York

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: 1866

• EDITION SIZE: Image size (vignette) 5 1/4 x 5" (13.3 x 12.6 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: This portrait of Jefferson Davis was created for The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates, published in 1866 by Edward A. Pollard. As President of the Confederate States during the American Civil War (1861–1865), Davis became a symbol of the Southern rebellion. After the Confederacy’s defeat, he was captured, imprisoned, and indicted for treason.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 10 x 13 inch mat for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition. Black and white.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Civil War