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Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Photograph
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Photograph
c. 1856
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist

Abraham Lincoln’s Last Reception 216

Print
1865
National Portrait Gallery
Anton Hohenstein
The Cabinet of the Confederate States at Montgomery

The Cabinet of the Confederate States at Montgomery

Print
1861
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Photograph
c. 1846
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Presidential Campaigns

Presidential Campaigns

Print
1996
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Sorel
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Photograph
c. 1886
National Portrait Gallery
Columbus W. Motes
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Photograph
1888
National Portrait Gallery
William Watson Washburn
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Photograph
c. 1857
National Portrait Gallery
McClees & Vannerson James Earle McClees Julian Vannerson
Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation

Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation

Print
1865
National Portrait Gallery
Major & Knapp Lithography Company
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Photograph
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio

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