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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Sketch of Jefferson Davis in a dress

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1371 Author/Creator: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Drawing shows Jefferson Davis in a woman's dress, with a bayonetted musket pointing at his head, a snake about to bite his leg and an ominous vine/noose hanging from a tree. He is holding a very large knife. There is an A-frame tent in the background with a group of people gathered in front. Ink inscription on image "Jeff's Soliloquy, To be or Not To be (hanged), that's the Question." Imprint on recto "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Francis Hacker, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Rhode Island."

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