Lot of 7 different cartes, most dated 1865, showing cartoons or composite portraits depicting the capture of Jefferson Davis as he tries to escape in a dress, including examples published by William H. Mumler, Boston, MA (2); J.H. Bufford & Sons, Boston; Francis Hacker, Rhode Island; Gibson & Co., Ohio; Samuel Crobaugh, Cleveland, OH; and an uncredited carte. Following his flight and capture (reported in the press as having been apprehended dressed as a woman) the ex-President was depicted in a series of derisive, humorous "cartoons" that illustrated the prevailing story line at Davis' expense. Throughout the war, Davis had been singled out for mockery, being variously depicted as a devil with horns, a viperous fork-tongued slave owner breathing fire and so forth. The President of the Confederacy was conveniently demonized as the enemy of the North, as was Lincoln in the South. Condition: Range in wear to CDVs, with few retaining nice tonality, while others have lightened. One of the Mumler CDVs with some vertical creases. Partial split/vertical crease along top edge of view by Gibson & Co., which has also lightened significantly. Some have been trimmed along edges, or corners have been rounded.
Lot of 7 different cartes, most dated 1865, showing cartoons or composite portraits depicting the capture of Jefferson Davis as he tries to escape in a dress, including examples published by William H. Mumler, Boston, MA (2); J.H. Bufford & Sons, Boston; Francis Hacker, Rhode Island; Gibson & Co., Ohio; Samuel Crobaugh, Cleveland, OH; and an uncredited carte. Following his flight and capture (reported in the press as having been apprehended dressed as a woman) the ex-President was depicted in a series of derisive, humorous "cartoons" that illustrated the prevailing story line at Davis' expense. Throughout the war, Davis had been singled out for mockery, being variously depicted as a devil with horns, a viperous fork-tongued slave owner breathing fire and so forth. The President of the Confederacy was conveniently demonized as the enemy of the North, as was Lincoln in the South. Condition: Range in wear to CDVs, with few retaining nice tonality, while others have lightened. One of the Mumler CDVs with some vertical creases. Partial split/vertical crease along top edge of view by Gibson & Co., which has also lightened significantly. Some have been trimmed along edges, or corners have been rounded.
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