Cornell University Library Digital Collections
The Last Ditch Of the Chivalry, or a President in Petticoats
- Title:
- The Last Ditch Of the Chivalry, or a President in Petticoats
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Lithographer:
- Currier & Ives (1857-1907)
- Political Figure:
- Davis, Jefferson, American (1808-1889), President of the Confederacy
- Date:
- ca. 1865
- ID Number:
- 2214.PM0110
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214PM0110.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
Davis, Jefferson
Politics
Portraits
Caricatures
Dresses
Running
Soldiers
Weapons
Pistols
American Civil War
Confederate States of America
Knives
Women
- Measurement:
- 6.35 x 10.16 (Card) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Albumen print photograph reproduces an 1865 Currier & Ives lithograph showing Confederate President Jefferson Davis running from Union soldiers disguised in a dress. References: Gale Number 3714
Conningham Number 3444.
- 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.
