A Startling Announcement
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Jefferson Davis|Currier & Ives
Artist bio: American, Fairview, Kentucky 1808–1889 New Orleans, Louisiana|American, active New York, 1857–1907
Artist role: Sitter|Publisher
Artist nationality: American|American
Date: 1862
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 9 3/16 × 15 3/8 in. (23.3 × 39 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/16 × 18 1/8 in. (34.1 × 46 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of  A. S. Colgate, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Beds|Satire|American Civil War|Politics