Butler's victims of Fort St. Philip.

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Title: Butler's victims of Fort St. Philip.
Alternate Title: Butler's victims of Fort Saint Philip; Series title: Confederate war etchings
Date: ca. [1882?]
Creator: Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912, artist.
Notes: Union General Benjamin F. Butler, at left, is walking with two women and shows them Confederate prisoners at Fort St. Philip near New Orleans, Louisiana. In the foreground, African American men in Zouave uniform lazily guard the fort.; Reprinted in the 1880s from original plates created by Volck in the 1860s. Set titled Confederate War Etchings and published by Porter & Coates. This is plate 23.; Adalbert Johann Volck originally published this print under the pseudonym V. Blada.
Names and Subjects: Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893--Caricatures and cartoons.; Prisoners of war--Confederate States of America.; Prisoners of war--1860-1870.; Zouaves--1860-1870.; Caricatures and cartoons--United States.; Prints shelf.; James S. Schoff Civil War Collection.; Fort Saint Philip (La.); Confederate States of America.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.; Porter & Coates,--publisher.; United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Genre: Satires (Visual works) 1880-1890.; Etchings 1880-1890.
Collection Title: James S. Schoff Civil War Collection
ID: 348
Barcode: B6326678
Physical Description: 1 print : etching ; 17.6 x 21.3 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 37.8 cm
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2016-02-20 00:17:12

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Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
Image Size: 5138 x 3645
File Size: 551 KB
Record: 348
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