File:Food Question Down South.png
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1863 caricature of Jefferson Davis and PGT Beauregard with a pair of boots, wondering if to eat them
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English: "The Food Question Down South". US Civil War editorial cartoon shows Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate states, offering a new pair of boots to General Beauregard who, though barefoot, would rather have food for his troops.
Captioned: Jeff Davis: "See! see! the beautiful Boots just come to me from the dear ladies of Baltimore!" Beauregard: "Ha! Boots? Boots? When shall we eat them? Now?" |
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| Source | Cartoon from Harper's Weekly, v. 6, no. 297 (1862 Sept. 6), p. 576. Via Library of Congress website https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003663008/, cropped, contrast adjusted, and converted from TIFF to png before upload. |
| Author | Uncredited cartoonist for Harper's Weekly. |
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