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The head of the Confederacy on a new base

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.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
1865
Call number
priJLC_MIL_002380
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
Associated people
Abbott, Nathan B., (1833-)
Bachelder, John B. (1825-1894.)
Bachmann, John, (active 1849-1885.)
Baillie, James S., (active 1838-1855.)
Baker, Joseph E., (approximately 1837-1914.)
Baum, C., (approximately 1824-)
Becker, O. (1826-1909.)
Beever, W. A. (1824-1891.)
Benecke, Theodore. (approximately 1816-)
Bien, Julius, (approximately 1823-1896.)
Bill, Henry, (1816-1886.)
Blatz, Henry. (1810-1870.)
Boell, William. (1823-1894.)
Boetticher, Otto, (1799-1857.)
Bohn, Casimir. (1837-1916.)
Brady, Mathew B., (1820-1910.)
Brown, Barzilai S. (1806-1877.)
Brown, E., (1802-1848.)
Bufford, John Henry, (1812-1895.)
Chapin, John Reuben, (1827-1885.)
Childs, J. (approximately 1790-)
Clay, Edward Williams, (-1906.)
Clarke, Wm. M. (active 1867-1868.)
Combe (1838-1894.)
Combe, Voltaire, (1823-1907.)
Dainty, John (1867-1949.)
Davis, W. W. H. (1831-1874.)
Day, Ward S. (1821-1902.)
De La Matyr, E. B. (approximately 1823-)
Donovan, John (1793-1880.)
Doolittle, H. S. (1844-1883.)
Eaton, Amos Beebe, (1830-1879.)
Endicott, George, (1821-1897.)
Eno, Henry C. (1812-1876.)
Fabronius, Dominique C. (1821-1910.)
Fenderich, Charles. (1798-1866.)
Feusier, A. (active 19th century.)
Fisher, Robert J., (1820 or 1821-1886.)
Fox, Stanley. (1841-1926.)
Fritsch, F. J. (-1850.)
Fuchs, F. (approximately 1826-)
Garland, Francis. (1833-1918.)
Gay, James D. (1804-1885.)
Gibson, John (1830-1906.)
Gurney, Jeremiah, (1843-1924.)
Heine, Wilhelm, (1834-1909.)
Hoffy, Alfred M., (1812-1897.)
Holland, R. (1826?-1879.)
Hopps, Harry R. (1846-1901.)
Joel, Joseph A., (active 1831-1856.)
Johnson, Chauncey A. (1830-1927.)
Jones, T. R. (1848-1930.)
Kelly, Thos., (1820-1897.)
Kemper, H. W. (1808-1896.)
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, (1791-1862.)
King, C. Frank. (1808-1892.)
Knickerbocker, C. (1836-1918.)
Kramer, Peter, (approximately 1792-1859.)
Kugler, L. (1831-1898.)
Lipman, L.
Lyons, W.
Magee, John L.
Magnus, Charles.
Marshall, R. B.
Mathews, Alfred Edward,
McCallum, Andrew,
McCallum, J.
McElroy
McLean, A.
McRae, John,
Milmore, Martin,
Needham, Dwight.
Newman, F.
Noble, William Pinkney,
Ordway, Alfred,
Palmer, F.
Parsons, Charles,
Pendleton, John B.,
Perry, George T.
Phelps, Humphrey,
Poinsett, A.
Porter, Geo. W.
Pringle, J.
Pringle, James Fulton.
Queen, James Fuller,
Reed, Charles Wellington,
Robinson, Henry R.,
Roesler, J. Nep.,
Rosenthal, L. N.
Rosenthal, Max,
Russell, Benjamin,
Sartain, Samuel,
Sartain, William,
Schabelitz, C.
Schell, Francis H.,
Schell, Frederic B.
Schrader, Theodore,
Schroeder, H.
Schussele, Christian,
Schutz, J.
Schwamb, Chas. A.
Scott, Julian,
Sergeant, Robert W.
Smith, A. C.,
Smith, B. F.
Smith, William,
Soderholtz, E. E.
Stetfield, C.
Strong, Thomas W.
Swinton, Frederick J.
Thulstrup, Thure de,
Traubel, M. H.
Trochsler, A.
Walke, Henry,
Walter, C.
Weale, John,
Welcker, F.
Whiting, Daniel Powers,
Willard, Archibald M.,
Williams, Job T.,
Woods, Oliver Evans.
Yeager, Joseph,
Newell, John Perry,
Associated organizations
A. Brett & Co.
A. Brown & Co.
A. Hoen & Co.
American Lithographic Co.
B.B. Russell & Co.
Baker & Godwin.
Bingham & Dodd.
Boston Stereotype Foundry.
Breuker & Kessler Co.
Britton & Rey.
Bross & Co.
Burk & McFetridge.
Caldwell & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Calhoun Printing Company.
Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.)
Clay, Cosack & Co.
Craig, Finley & Co.
Crow, Thomas & Eno.
Currier & Ives.
Daughaday & Becker.
E. Sachse & Co.
E.W. Smith & Co.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (Firm)
Easel Monument Association.
Edward Weber & Co.
Ehrgott & Forbriger.
Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co.
Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
F. A. Wenderoth & Co.
Feusier & Turberg.
G. & W. Endicott (Firm)
Geo. S. Harris & Son.
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Gibson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Goff & Bro.
Goupil & Cie.
H.H. Lloyd & Co.
H.S. Crocker & Co.
Harper & Brothers.
Haskell & Allen.
Hayes Lithographing Co.
Herline & Hensel.
Hilton & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Historical Printing Society.
J.H. Bufford & Co.
J.H. Bufford's Lith.
J.H. Bufford's Sons Lith.
Jas. B. Rodgers Co.
Julius Bien & Co.
Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Keystone Publishing Co.
Kimmel & Forster.
King & Baird.
Kurz & Allison.
L. Johnson & Co.
L. Prang & Co.
L.H. Bradford & Co.
Lewis & Goodwin.
Lit. Armanino.
Matson & Co.
Mayer & Stetfield.
Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann.
Middleton, Strobridge & Co.
Milwaukee Lith. & Engr. Co.
Monumental Bronze Co.
Muller, Luchsinger & Co.
National Union Executive Committee (U.S.)
P.S. Duval & Co.
P.S. Duval & Son.
Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Co.
Recorder Co.
Risso Lith.
Sarony & Co.
Sarony & Major.
Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith.
Schroeder & Sanders.
Strobridge Lithographing Company.
T. Sinclair's Lith.
Taber Prang Art Co.
Theo. Leonhardt & Son.
Thomas & Eno.
Truth Co.
United States Military Register Co.
W. Endicott & Co.
W. Schuchman Lith.
Wagner & M'Guigan.
Werner Company.
Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas.
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