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Jeff's Last Shift

Creator:
J. H. Bufford
Location:
Boston, Massachusetts
Origin Date:
1865
Materials:
paper, print
Measurements:
overall: 13 in x 18 in
Item ID:
71.2009.081.0701
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Fine Art

Description

This is a lithograph featuring the capture of Jefferson Davis. In a wooded setting Davis, wearing a bonnet and dress and wielding a Bowie knife, tries unsuccessfully to flee from three armed Union soldiers. One soldier grabs Davis's arm, while the others point their weapons at him. A woman, possibly Davis's wife, raises her hands in alarm. The quotation in lower margin, attributed to Mrs. Davis, reads: "The men had better not provoke the President as he might hurt some of 'em." Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum