Why Don't You Take It?
Currier & Ives|Jefferson Davis|Ulysses S. Grant
1861–64 · Lithograph · Drawings and Prints
Currier & Ives produced many political satires during the Civil War. This example caricatures the Confederate leader Jefferson Davis, shown as a greyhound, who cringes away from an aggressive bulldog representing the Northern general Ulysses S. Grant. Between them sits a piece of "Prize beef" labeled "Washington."
- Artist
- Currier & Ives|Jefferson Davis|Ulysses S. Grant
- Date
- 1861–64
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
