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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