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)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/16 x 10 1/16in. (35.7 x 25.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan
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."
Object number1950.84.0
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title at top of image (upside down), "JEFF. RAMPANT." Beneath image, "JEFF. SUBDUED." On verso, in pencil, "S St J. Morgan" "Print / Box 1 / #2" "862" "1858.66".
Collections
- Kellogg Brothers Lithographs
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