Title: Jeff's Last Shift. Capture of Jeff Davis May 10th 1865, at Irwinsville, GA.
Lithograph, 1865.
Issued from Buffords' print publishing house, 313 Washington St. Boston, Mass.
Image size 9 9/16 x 13 13/16 (24.3 x 35.1 cm).

Text in the lower left margin reads, "'The men had better not provoke the President as he might hurt some of 'em.' Mrs. Davis."

The Bufford publishing house went through a few name changes over the years, starting out in 1835 as Bufford's Lithography. It was started by a gentleman by the name of John Henry Bufford (1810-1870), who was trained by Pendleton in Boston. For a period, Bufford lived and worked in New York City, where he took commissions from the likes of Nathaniel Currier, owner of N. Currier / Currier & Ives, who would become direct competition later on. Following his demise, the company was taken over by his sons, Frank G. Bufford and John Henry Bufford, Jr., who expanded it to Chicago.

Condition: Good condition, some scattered foxing and short tears along the paper's edge.