Preparation of Jeff's Flight.

Creator

Boston Photo Co.

Files

Creator Role

publisher

Description

The carte de visite features a photo of a cartoon depicting two soldiers and a woman dressing Jefferson Davis in women's clothing inside of a tent.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

1865

Measurement

2 3/8 X 4 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); albumen process

Inscription

recto, caption in print: Hold on you forgot the water-fall. recto, below print: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Boston Photo Co. in the clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts. / PREPARATION OF JEFF'S FLIGHT. / Published by Boston Photo Co., 221 Washington Street, Boston. verso, inscribed at top: $20. verso, backmark: JOSEPH WARD. / 125 Washington Street / BOSTON

Subjects

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Political cartoons

Work Type

albumen prints ; cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

Class

CDVs

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

2352

Digital ID

FVW_02352

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.