(UT Campus) 196-398 22nd St W
Full-length portrait of Jefferson Davis, dressed in knee-length buttoned frock coat. He wears a stand up collar, with small knotted neck tie and holds a sheath of papers in his proper left hand. He is depicted as if giving a speech, gesturing with his proper right hand.¹
The inscription in the limestone base reads: JEFFERSON DAVIS/1808 1889//COLONEL IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY/UNITED STATES SENATOR/SECRETARY OF WAR/OF THE UNITED STATES/PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES.
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