Civil War Satirical Broadside Death Certificate of CSA
Civil War Satirical Broadside Death Certificate of The Southern Confederacy, 1865
Satirical broadside or window card death certificate, printed on heavy paper, 8.75 x 7 in. (sight), in wood frame, 10.75 x 8.75 in. Jas. B. Rodgers, printer. Mourning border, each line in different typeface, with: “Died, Near the South-Side Rail Road, / on Sunday, April 9th, 1865, / The Southern Confederacy, / Aged Four Years, / Conceived in Sin, Born in iniquity, Nurtured by Tyranny, Died of / a Chronic Attack of Punch. / Abraham Lincoln, Attending Physician. / U.S. Grant, Undertaker. / Jeff Davis, Chief Mourner.” Below in smaller print a rhyming epitaph that ends with: “And this one line shall grace your grave-- / Your death gave freedom to the slave.”
Condition Report: Not examined out of frame, minor edge toning, else very fine. Some staining to frame and glass.
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Civil War Satirical Broadside Death Certificate of The Southern Confederacy, 1865
Satirical broadside or window card death certificate, printed on heavy paper, 8.75 x 7 in. (sight), in wood frame, 10.75 x 8.75 in. Jas. B. Rodgers, printer. Mourning border, each line in different typeface, with: “Died, Near the South-Side Rail Road, / on Sunday, April 9th, 1865, / The Southern Confederacy, / Aged Four Years, / Conceived in Sin, Born in iniquity, Nurtured by Tyranny, Died of / a Chronic Attack of Punch. / Abraham Lincoln, Attending Physician. / U.S. Grant, Undertaker. / Jeff Davis, Chief Mourner.” Below in smaller print a rhyming epitaph that ends with: “And this one line shall grace your grave-- / Your death gave freedom to the slave.”
Condition Report: Not examined out of frame, minor edge toning, else very fine. Some staining to frame and glass.