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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05111.02.1373 |
| From Archive Folder | Cartes de visites |
| Title | Sketch of Jefferson Davis and wife exchanging clothes. |
| Date | ca. 1861-1865 |
| Document Type | Artwork |
| Content Description | Drawing shows a woman handing Jefferson Davis her dress. She is wearing just her slip and corset. His pants are on the ground next to his knife. A Confederate flag flies in front of a palm tree over a sign that reads: "H'd. Q'ts" and another that reads: "Last Ditch 1 Mile." Imprint on image "Strategy or Change of Base." Imprint on recto "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Wm. H. Mumler, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. 258 Washington Street, Boston." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Propaganda Women's History |
| People | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |