An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Great War Comet of 1861

Stephens. "The Great War Comet of 1861." Vanity Fair, August 3, 1861, 55-56.
Type
magazine
Genre
illustration
Abstract

Jefferson Davis' mug cuts through the sky in the form of a comet. His tail is a shock of bayonet blades.