| Creator |
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912, artist. |
| Title |
Slaves concealing their master from a search party [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Baltimore] : [A. J. Volck] |
| Publisher |
MD. Baltimore. 1863 |
| Date |
[1863] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : etching ; sheet 25 x 31 cm (9.5 x 12 in.) |
| Description |
Proslavery print depicting an enslaved African American family hiding their white man enslaver in their cabin from a Union
search party on horseback. The enslaver, holding a pistol, hides behind the open door from which the mother, her chair turned
over behind her, misdirects the search party down the road. Near the hearth, an older son holds a skillet defensively as a
younger petrified sibling holds unto him for protection.
|
| Notes |
Inscribed upper left corner: 12. |
|
Issued as plate 12 in Sketches from the Civil War in North America (London [i.e., Baltimore]: [the author], 1863-1864), a
series of pro-Confederacy cartoons drawn and published by Baltimore cartoonist Adalbert John Volck under the pseudonym V.
Blada. The "first issue" of 10 prints (numbered 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15, 16, 21, 24), with imprint "London, 1863" were printed
as etchings. The remaining 20 prints (numbered 4, 8, 9-11, 14, 17-20, 23, 25-27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 45) headed "Second and
third issues of V. Blada's war sketches" and dated "London, July 30, 1864" were printed as lithographs.
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Title and publication information from series at Brown University Library. |
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Research file about artist available at repository. |
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Accessioned 1935. |
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RVCDC |
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Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Subject |
African American children -- Confederate States of America. |
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African American mothers -- Confederate States of America. |
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Military police -- Union -- Confederate States of America. |
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Slave quarters -- Confederate States of America. |
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Slaveholders -- Confederate States of America. |
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Enslaved persons -- Confederate States of America. |
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Enslaved children -- Confederate States of America. |
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Enslaved people -- Structures -- Confederate States of America. |
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Enslaved women -- Confederate States of America. |
|
Enslavers -- Confederate States of America. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Genre |
Anti-abolition prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Etchings -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Volck - Sketches - Volck 12 [2990.F.3] |
| Accession number |
2990.F.3 |
