John Brown exhibiting,hangman,Civil War,J Davis,1865

Title: John Brown exhibiting his hangman
Related Names:
Querner, G.
Date Created/Published: 1865.
Summary: Northern rejoicing at the end of the Civil War often took the form of vengeful if imaginary portrayals of the execution of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Here abolitionist martyr John Brown rises from the grave to confront Davis, although in actuality the latter had nothing to do with Brown's 1859 execution. Brown points an accusing finger at Davis, who sits imprisoned in a birdcage hanging from a gallows. Davis wears a dress and bonnet, and holds a sour apple. Below, black men and women, resembling comic minstrel figures, frolic about. (For Davis's female attire, see 'The Chas-ed 'Old Lady' of the C.S.A.,' no. 1865-11.) Since the beginning of the war Union soldiers had sung about 'hanging Jeff Davis from a sour apple tree.' Davis's actual punishment was imprisonment at Fortress Monroe after his capture on May 10, 1865.
Notes:
Entered . . . 1865 by G. Querner . . . D.C.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
'Image of America,' p. 81.
'The Confederate Image,' p. 89.
Weitenkampf, p. 148.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1865-16.
Subjects:
Brown, John,--1800-1859.
Davis, Jefferson,--1808-1889.
African Americans--1860-1870.
Lithographs--1860-1870.
Political cartoons--1860-1870.
Bookmark /2008661690/
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