1. Creator/Author:
  2. Adalbert Johann Volck (35)

Formation of Guerilla Bands

Creator:
Adalbert Johann Volck
Location:
Maryland, Baltimore
Origin Date:
1861-1863
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 9 in x 12 in
Item ID:
71.2009.081.2079
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Fine Art

Description

This etching is a political cartoon by Adalbert Volck, a Southern sympathizer living in Baltimore, Maryland, during the United States Civil War. This cartoon, one of the Confederate War Etchings series, depicts a man from the guerilla band in the background approaching an armed man who stands by the side of his wife and child to try to persuade him to join their group. One of the guerilla band holds a flag which says "No more surrenders." A house is on fire in the background to the viewer's left. The number 16 appears above the top left corner of the image. Original etching one of thirty published in Volck's "Confederate War Etchings." Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum