Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912 Smuggling medicine into the South

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GLC#
GLC00493.18-View header record
Type
Images
Date
circa 1880-1890
Author/Creator
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912
Title
Smuggling medicine into the South
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 etching : b&w Height: 26.1 cm, Width: 34.6 cm
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Depicts a boat laden with medical supplies being unloaded quickly by a group of men, both civilian and military. A gentleman, perhaps a doctor, climbs down from his perch in a tree, presumably from whence he has been waiting for the shipment to arrive. An ardent Confederate sympathizer, Volck was active in smuggling medicines into the South across the Potomac River. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of the etching is 20.4 x 26.6 cm. Title in pencil on verso.

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