Canvas Print: Jeff. D Hung On A Sour Apple Tree Or Treason Made Odious, 1867
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Canvas Print: Jeff. D Hung On A Sour Apple Tree Or Treason Made Odious, 1867

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  • Title: Jeff. D Hung On A Sour Apple Tree Or Treason Made Odious, 1867
  • Description: New York "Tribune" editor Horace Greeley, with a copy of his newspaper in his pocket, holds Jefferson Davis's cell door open, releasing him from prison. In gratitude Davis embraces him, hanging from his neck as though from a "sour apple tree." (For the lore of the sour apple, see "John Brown Exhibiting His Hangman," no. 1865-16.) In 1867 Davis was released from prison and admitted to bail, giving bond in the sum of $100,000. Greeley who had previously campaigned in his newspaper for Davis's release, was among those who signed his bail bond.
  • Creator: Currier & Ives.,
  • Subjects: Davis, Jefferson, freed from prison, Greeley, Horace, Newspapers: New York Tribune
  • Collection: Cartoon Prints, American. This assemblage of prints made in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries encompasses several forms of political art.
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