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Gen. Stuart’s Return from Pennsylvania
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Adalbert Volck

Gen. Stuart’s Return from Pennsylvania

After 1861

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Gen. Stuart’s Return from Pennsylvania

Adalbert Volck

Gen. Stuart’s Return from Pennsylvania

Adalbert Volck

Gen. Stuart’s Return from Pennsylvania

After 1861

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet (wove): 285 × 352 mm. (11 1/4 × 13 7/8 in.) Sheet (chine): 154 × 224 mm. (6 1/16 × 8 13/16 in.) Image: 131 × 207 mm. (5 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Philip B. Perlman
Object Number 1950.181.52
Anderson, George McCullough, The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck, Baltimore: G.M. Anderson, 1970, p. 28, il. p. [29]. Halstead, Murat, 'Historic Illustrations of the Confederacy,' Cosmopolitan, v. 9 (1890), p. ill. p. 504.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: VERSO: TL (pencil): 'Gen'l Stuart's Return from Pa. / #22 (Stewart returning from his ride into Md)'; LR (stamped in blue ink): 'PBP' logo.

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Adalbert Volck

American, born Germany, 1828-1912

American, born Germany, 1828-1912
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MONSIEUR, NOW THAT THE MERGER HAS BEEN EFFECTED, I SHALL RETURN THE SHARES TO YOU.... I WILL TAKE OVER ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS... I'LL JUST KEEP 2% FOR THE LIQUIDATION, PLUS 4% FOR CHANGING THE CASH, PLUS.... - MONSIEUR IS JUST TOO GENEROUS!
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