Collection Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe true story of the capture of Jeff. Davis 1 print : lithograph.- Contributor: Gibson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingJeff. Davis in prison 1 print : lithograph ; 31 x 41 cm.- Contributor: Gibson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe last act of the drama of secession 1 print : lithograph.- Contributor: Gibson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe chas-ed "old lady" of the C.S.A. 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 25.6 x 32.2 cm. (image) | Confederate president Jefferson Davis's capture by Union cavalry on May 10, 1865, while allegedly fleeing in women's clothing, inspired a rash of prints exploiting the tale's comic possibilities. According to Davis's autobiography, at the time of his capture he was wearing his wife's raglan overcoat, which he had mistakenly put…- Contributor: Harpel, Oscar H. (Oscar Henry) - Zac, Burgoo
- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingFinding the last ditch--Running the "head" of Secession "into the ground," - everybody ... 1 print : lithograph. | Union soldier, followed by African American in broken chains, hurls Jefferson Davis (dressed as a woman) who drops a bag of "stolen gold" over the edge of a cliff; Satan waits below the cliff with a pitchfork.- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA proper family re-union 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 26.6 x 31 cm. (image) | A biting cartoon showing Confederate president Jefferson Davis in league with both the devil and Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold. Arnold and Davis stir a cauldron of "Treason Toddy," a brew into which the devil drops miniature black slaves. The devil holds a pitchfork and gloats, "I feel proud of…- Contributor: Harpel, Oscar H. (Oscar Henry) - Zac, Burgoo
- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingJeffie Davis : the belle of Richmond Cartoons of capture of Jefferson Davis.- Contributor: Hoey, J. (Joseph) - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) Dlc - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1865
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe first of May 1865 of Genl. Movingday in Richmond Va. 1 print : color lithograph.- Contributor: Kimmel & Forster
- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingGulltown in an uproar!! Terrific excitement at the office of the Munchausen & Gull Creek Grand Consolidated Oil Company. Astonishing demand for stock 1 print : lithograph. | Satirical cartoon about oil speculation in Pennsylvania in the 1860s. The print shows a crowd of men at a fictitious company that is offering hundreds of milions of dollars in stock certificates. One man holds a certificate of lunacy.- Contributor: Magee, John L.
- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingUnion soldiers in Andersonville prison / The rebel leader, Jeff Davis, at Fortress Monroe 1 print : wood engraving.- Contributor: Nast, Thomas
- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingFreedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty." Last scene of all, that ends this strange eventful history 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 33 x 40 cm. (image) | A vindictive Northern fantasy on the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate president Jefferson Davis, dressed in a hoopskirt or crinoline, hangs from a "Sour Apple Tree" at left, a Bowie knife in one hand and a torn flag in the other. (For Davis's costume, see "The Chas-ed "Old Lady"…- Contributor: Porah, Charles - Zac, Burgoo
- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Uncle Sam's menagerie] 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 33.4 x 26.5 cm. (image) | Issued in the wake of Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, the print conveys some of the Northern hostility toward the conspirators, whom the public associated with former president of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis. Uncle Sam or Brother Jonathan stands before a cage in which a hyena with the bonneted head…- Contributor: Querner, G.
- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingJeff's last skedaddle off to the last ditch 1 print : lithograph ; 35.2 x 48.8 cm (sheet)- Contributor: Welcker, F.
- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing"As yet, I have found no difficulty in standing upon my own platform" 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 15.7 x 21.1 cm. (image) | A puzzling caricature, probably dealing with Reconstruction under Andrew Johnson's administration. The work is quite crudely drawn. An acrobat, with mustache and sideburns and wearing a jester's cap, holds in each hand a mask, one grinning and one frowning. His legs stretch from the head of Pennsylvania congressman Thaddeus Stevens,…- Date: 1866-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe war of Ormuzd and Ahriman in the 19th century / The modern Quixote and Squire Sancho 1 print : lithograph with watercolor.- Date: 1866-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingAn august convention 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 25.3 x 41 cm. (image) | The National Union Convention met in Philadelphia in August 1866 to create a political party that would back President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction program and to elect a new Congress. Here, the convention is portrayed as a gathering of muzzled dogs, their collars inscribed with state names, who file toward a…- Date: 1866-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingBattle of Ridgeway, C.W. Victory of Gen'l O'Neil. "Masterly" retreat of the Queens own 1 print : lithograph.- Contributor: L.C. Mix & Co.
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingNo more elbow room in Missouri! : Kein Ellbogen Raum mehr in Missouri 1 print : lithograph.- Contributor: Papin, Peter M.
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe reconstruction policy of Congress, as illustrated in California 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 36.8 x 27.2 cm. (image) | A satire aimed at California Republican gubernatorial nominee George C. Gorham's espousal of voting rights for blacks and other minorities. Brother Jonathan (left) admonishes Gorham, "Young Man! read the history of your Country, and learn that this ballot box was dedicated to the white race alone. The load you are…- Date: 1867-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingTotal destruction of the Democratic platform / terrible shipwreck and loss of life in Salt River 1 print : lithograph.- Date: 1868-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 45.2 x 58.4 cm. (image) | The strongly racist character of the Democratic presidential campaign of 1868 is displayed full-blown in this elaborate attack on Reconstruction and Republican support of Negro rights. Horses with the heads of Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour and running mate Francis P. Blair, Jr., pull a fine, ornate carriage in a race…- Contributor: M.B. Brown & Co.
- Date: 1868-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingErie or the greased pole. A new and amusing game 1 print : wood-engraving with letterpress, on wove paper ; 32.7 x 24.9 cm. (image) | A comic boar game based on the Erie Railroad wars. Owner of the railroad James Fisk has slipped to the ground after trying unsuccessfully to scale the greased pole. Coins and a bill marked "Erie" fall from his pockets. Among the men who jeer at his predicament is…- Contributor: Crichton & Co. - Deforest, D. W.
- Date: 1869-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingJeff's last shift. Capture of Jeff. Davis, May 10th, 1865, at Irwinsville, Ga. 1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; image 26.9 x 35.1 cm. | One of the less outlandish variations on the popular theme of Jefferson Davis's capture by Union soldiers. (See "The Chas-ed "Old Lady" of the C.S.A.," no. 1865-11.) In a wooded setting Davis, wearing a bonnet and dress and wielding a Bowie knife, tries unsuccessfully to flee from three armed Union…- Contributor: Baker, Joseph E. - Bufford, John Henry
- Date: 1865-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingAbraham's dream!--"Coming events cast their shadows before" 1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; image 28 x 36 cm. | The artist portrays a President tormented by nightmares of defeat in the election of 1864. The print probably appeared late in the campaign. (The Library's copy was deposited for copyright on September 22.) Lincoln was said to have believed in the prophetic importance of dreams. The President lies on a…- Contributor: Maurer, Louis - Currier & Ives
- Date: 1864-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe battle of Booneville, or the great Missouri "Lyon" Hunt 1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; image 27 x 38 cm. | A jubilant Northern portrayal of the rout of Missouri secessionist governor Claiborne F. Jackson and Gen. Sterling Price at Booneville on June 17, 1861. (See "Strayed," no. 1861-31.) Here a lion with the head of Union commander Nathaniel Lyon chases Jackson (center) and Price toward the right. Jackson, wearing a…- Contributor: Currier & Ives
- Date: 1861-01-01