Smuggling medicines into the South.

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Title: Smuggling medicines into the South.
Alternate Title: Series title: Confederate war etchings
Date: ca. [1882?]
Creator: Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912, artist.
Notes: A boat laden with medical supplies alongside a river bank is unloaded quickly by a group of men, both civilian and military.; 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 18.; Adalbert Johann Volck originally published this print under the pseudonym V. Blada.
Names and Subjects: Smuggling--1860-1870.; Rowboats--1860-1870.; Sectionalism (United States)--1860-1870.; Propaganda--1860-1870.; Caricatures and cartoons--United States.; Prints shelf.; James S. Schoff Civil War Collection.; Confederate States of America.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; 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: 768
Barcode: B6325834
Physical Description: 1 print : etching ; 14.2 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 38.0 cm
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2016-08-12 00:06:40

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Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
Image Size: 5138 x 3645
File Size: 536 KB
Record: 768
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