DAVIS, JEFFERSON, President, C.S.A. Carte-de-visite signed ("Jeffers:Davis"), by Vannerson & Jones, Richmond, Virginia (imprint on verso), n.d. [copyright 1866]. 100 x 60 mm. (4 x 2½ in.) including gold-ruled mount with printed copyright notice, very slightly yellowed , otherwise fine. DAVIS AS C.S.A. PRESIDENT An attractive bust-length vignette portrait of the former President of the Confederate States of America, printed (and perhaps signed) less than a year after his capture and imprisonment, but almost certainly printed from a negative of earlier date showing a youthful, vigorous Davis, probably circa 1861-1862. Clear signature in ink in lower blank portion of image.
DAVIS, JEFFERSON, President, C.S.A. Carte-de-visite signed ("Jeffers:Davis"), by Vannerson & Jones, Richmond, Virginia (imprint on verso), n.d. [copyright 1866]. 100 x 60 mm. (4 x 2½ in.) including gold-ruled mount with printed copyright notice, very slightly yellowed , otherwise fine. DAVIS AS C.S.A. PRESIDENT An attractive bust-length vignette portrait of the former President of the Confederate States of America, printed (and perhaps signed) less than a year after his capture and imprisonment, but almost certainly printed from a negative of earlier date showing a youthful, vigorous Davis, probably circa 1861-1862. Clear signature in ink in lower blank portion of image.
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