Price: SOLD
SKU: 102288
PUBLISHER: Published by Gibson & Co. Cincinnati.
MEDIUM: Lithograph.
DATE: 1865.
EDITION SIZE: Vignette, image size 9 5/8 x 13 1/2" (24.5 X 36.4 cm)
DESCRIPTION: A comic image showing the capture of the Confederate President Jefferson Davis.<br><br> After the wars end, Union troops spotted the former Confederate chief in Georgia. According to the official Army report, Davis "hastily put on one of his wife's dresses and started straight for the woods," followed by soldiers "who at first thought him a woman." As it turned out, Davis had thrown on his wife's raincoat and shawl, but Northern cartoonists had a field day portraying him in skirts.<br><br> Gibson & Co. was a publisher based in Cincinnati, Ohio that was established circa 1850. They produced a number of patriotic images and satirical prints during the Civil War. They later went on to become on of the largest publishers of greeting cards in the world.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Fair condition at best. Numerous tears within the image. Professionally restored.
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