Jeff's Soliloquy to be or not to be (hanged) that's the question
Summary
Photographic montage combines painting by M.A. Andrews showing a woman walking through an ominous forest and photograph of Jefferson Davis's head atop the body of the woman, referring to a story that Davis was captured dressed as a woman.
Printed on recto: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Francis Hacker, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Rhode Island."
On verso: Advertisement for Dr. Bicknell's syrup, the great cholera remedy.
Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074)
Purchased from: Paul Brzozowski, Fairfield, Connecticut, June 2018.
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
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Tags
Date
01/01/1865
Location
united states
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.