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

Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's Camp

Creator:
Adalbert Johann Volck
Location:
Maryland, Baltimore
Origin Date:
1861-1863
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 12 in x 14 1/2 in
Item ID:
71.2009.081.0144
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 scene in the camp of Stonewall Jackson; the general appears to be delivering a sermon while his soldiers bow their heads or kneel in prayer. They are gathered in a clearing in the wooded campsite. In the background, a row of tents are pitched under a raised Confederate flag. 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