Adalbert Volck
Smuggling Medicines into the South
1861-1863
Physical Qualities
Lithographic reproduction of original etching, Sheet: 243 × 308 mm. (9 9/16 × 12 1/8 in.)
Image: 134 × 191 mm. (5 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Sketches from the Civil War in North America, 1861, '62, '63: Second and Third Editions, 1864.
Credit Line
Gift of Philip B. Perlman
Object Number
1950.181.18
Bishop, Alison, 'Civil War Sketches,' Boston Public Library Quarterly, v. 4, no. 1 (Jan. 1952), p. 32. Anderson, George McCullough, The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck, Baltimore: G.M. Anderson, 1970, p. 34, ill. p. [35]. The Baltimore Sun, March 31, 1912, ill. part 4, p. 2. Ketchum, Richard M., ed., The American eritage Picture History of the Civil War, New York: American Heritage, 1960, ill. p. 408.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: On stone, TL Corner above image: '18'. VERSO: TL (pencil): '18) Smuggling Medicines into the South'; LR (stamped in blue ink): 'PBP' logo.
Artist and Publisher
Adalbert Volck
American, born Germany, 1828-1912
American, born Germany, 1828-1912
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