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32,885 works

Etching of a bearded man peering from a railway boxcar doorway while an arched cat stands on a platform beside it.

Passage Through Baltimore (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of a bearded man at a writing table with a winged imp beside an inkwell, framed pictures on the wall.

Writing the Emancipation Proclamation (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink street battle with armed men, rifles raised, a fallen figure, and waterfront buildings with ship masts.

Battle in Baltimore, April 19, 1861 (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of soldiers searching a bedroom while an officer stands center and a woman grips a curtain at right.

Searching for Arms (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Line etching of a crowded street with men in top hats and uniforms, a sign reading Sickles Brigade to the Rescue, and a seate

Enlistment of Sickles' Brigade, New York (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink drawing of an interior with men gathered, a top-hatted man gesturing at a sign reading Substitutes for Sale.

Buying a Substitute in the North during the War (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen drawing of men in a rowboat crossing choppy water, one standing with a rifle, others rowing, with distant shoreline.

Marylanders Crossing the Potomac to Join the Southern Army (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen drawing of a crowd in a city street with armed guards, a Union banner, and a monument among trees.

Election in Baltimore, November, 1862 (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of sunken ships with broken masts in choppy water beside a wooded shore, with a seagull and distant sailboats.

Stone Blockade off Charleston, South Carolina (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink print of three women spinning, weaving at a loom, and sewing in a timber-beamed interior.

Making Clothes for the Boys in the Army (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink etching of a rustic interior where a woman stands near an open door and a man in a hat watches a mounted rider ou

Enslaved Women Concealing their Master from a Search Party (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Line engraving of drovers herding cattle and sheep past covered wagons along a wooded road.

Return of a Raiding Party from Pennsylvania (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Line etching of armed soldiers around a kneeling woman, a flag and smoke behind, and a cannon wheel at right.

Valiant Men "Dat Fite Mit Siegel" (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink print of a ruined stone wall, collapsed timbers, a dead sheep, and a man gesturing toward a distant village.

Tracks of the Armies (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen etching of a bearded man striding forward as armed men advance behind him, with a seated woman and child on the left.

Formation of Guerrilla Bands (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of a horseman galloping past a fence as cattle scatter through a farmyard with smoke rising in the background.

Jamison's Jayhawkers (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink etching of men unloading barrels and crates from a rowboat onto a riverbank, with a rifleman and a tree climber.

Smuggling of Medicines into the South (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of townspeople and a uniformed officer gathered around bells on a wooden platform, with a town skyline behind.

Offering of Bells to be Cast into Cannon (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of mounted horsemen with a lance and pennant crossing rocky desert terrain, followed by mules and foot soldiers.

Albert S. Johnston Crossing the Desert to Join the Southern Army (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etched print of cavalry riders charging through a military camp past barrels, a shopfront, and tents under smoke.

General Stuart's Raid to the White House (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Line drawing of cavalry riders and horses crossing a stream, with trees and a distant farmhouse in the background.

General Stuart's Return from Pennsylvania, from "Confederate War Etchings"

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen etching of figures in a stone fort gateway, with guards, a wheelbarrow, and workers in the courtyard beyond.

Butler's Victims of Fort St. Philip (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Line etching of men kneeling and gathering in prayer among tents and trees in an outdoor military camp.

Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's Camp (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of three men on a street outside a shop window advertising counterfeit Confederate notes, with a brokers office sign.

Counterfeit Confederate Notes Publicly Offered for Sale in the "City of Brotherly Love" (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Line etching of a 19th-century street with men in top hats, a seated figure, shop windows and a sign reading Lovely Lane.

Free Negroes in the North (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen drawing of figures dancing and drumming among palms and foliage, with a kneeling figure in the foreground.

"Free Negroes in Hayti" (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of a woman kneeling by a trunk in a cave-like room with a table, hanging lamp, draped cloth and a crucifix.

Cave Life in Vicksburg during the Seige (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of two men on a wooded riverbank, one looking through a telescope beside tall trees and hanging vines.

Vicksburg Canal (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Trade card showing the Washington Monument in Baltimore beside a portrait of George Abel of The Baltimore Sun.

George Abel, The Baltimore Sun, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card with a mustached man's portrait, a Baltimore American masthead, and a harbor scene with sailboats

Felix Agnus, Baltimore American, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887