[Davis, Jefferson]:

THE LAST OF THE CHEVALIERS. (END OF THE PLAY) JEFF: "I THOUGHT YOUR GOVERNMENT WAS MORE MAGNANIMOUS THAN TO HUNT DOWN WOMEN AND CHILDREN."

Boston: L. Prang & Co., [1865]. Lithograph print, 2-3/8" x 3-15/16." Jefferson Davis in a woman's long dress, with shawl and cape, holding a knife in his upraised right hand. A hand points a revolver at Davis's head. Davis wears boots, with spurs. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1865 by L. Prang & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Mass." Very Good.

It was rumored that, when Jefferson Davis was captured at War's end, he had disguised himself in a woman's dress. That this was not so did not discourage anyone from telling the story.
OCLC 818362958 [1- MA Hist. Soc.] as of July 2022. Not in Weitenkampf, Reilly. The International Center of Photography and MS State U own the print. Item #38569

Price: $500.00