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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:
- 71.2009.081.0702
- 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 Jefferson Davis, infamously dressed in women's clothing as three Union soldiers surround, and ultimately capture him. Davis holds a dagger in his hand for self-defense, and his wife rushes to try and help her husband. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
