A Distinguished Arrival
- Title:
- A Distinguished Arrival
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Rights Holder:
- Chapman, J.
- Political Figure:
- Davis, Jefferson, American (1808-1889), Prisoner
- Date:
- 1865
- ID Number:
- 2214.PM0150
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214PM0150.jpg
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- photographs
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
portraits
political cartoons
reproductions (derivative objects) - Materials/Techniques:
- Albumen print
- Subject:
- Cartes-de-visite
Portraits
Political cartoons
Reproductions
Politics
American Civil War
Satire
Portraits
Caricatures
Davis, Jefferson
Soldiers
African Americans
Race relations
American flags
Steamships
Sun
Cages
Dresses
Spurs
Bonnets
Prisons
Prisoners
Umbrellas
Cannons
Nooses
Fort Monroe, Virginia - Measurement:
- 10.16 x 6.0325 (Card photograph) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Card photograph reproduces a cartoon showing an African-American soldier escorting Confederate President Jefferson Davis into captivity. Davis is dressed as a woman, which is how he was captured by union forces. Item contains an 1865 court records statement by J. Chapman.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.