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Jeff. Rampant. Jeff. Subdued.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (American, 1840 - 1867)

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (American, 1840 - 1867)

PublisherPublished by George Whiting (American, 1820 - 1862)

Date1861-1865

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 3/4 x 8 7/16in. (29.8 x 21.4cm) Sheet (height x width): 14 1/16 x 10 1/16in. (35.7 x 25.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

Object number1950.84.0

DescriptionA political cartoon featuring a reversable caricature portrait of Jefferson Davis. One side depicts a shaggy-haired man with long mustaches wearing a hat and uniform with epaulets. In the lower right and left are a four line poem and four small battle scenes. The inscription reads: "JEFF. RAMPANT. / WAR / With lion heart and frantic mien, / The warrior seeks the battle scene, / To risk his precious blood, and fight / For glory and his vaunted right." When the image is turned upside down, the subject appears to be a donkey with long ears and a bridle. Beneath this image is a second poem and scenes including a man on a donkey, a harvest scene, a farm, and cattle drinking from a pond. The inscription on this side reads: "JEFF. SUBDUED. / PEACE. / But when he hears the cannon roar, / And views the dying in his gore, / His courage fails and then, alas! / He homeward travels like an ass."

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