(CIVIL WAR PRINTS) Cameron John; lithographer The Capture o

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(CIVIL WAR--PRINTS.) Cameron, John; lithographer. The Capture of an Unprotected Female, or The Close of the Rebellion. Lithograph, 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches; very minor foxing, tack holes and a one-inch marginal tear tastefully repaired. New York: Currier & Ives, 1865

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A satire on Jefferson Davis, who was captured on 10 May 1865 while wearing his wife's cloak. Here he is mocked by Union troops while his wife defends him. Davis, who had famously declared the Union naval blockade to be a blessing in disguise, here announces "I plainly perceive that this is another blessing disguise!! and the greatest of them all!!!" Peters 1618.