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Battle In Baltimore, April 19th, 1861 (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The etching depicts the Baltimore Riot of 1861, when Confederate sympathizers attacked the 6th Massachusetts Militia as they marched en route to Washington D.C.

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William Shakespeare Engraved By Hollis From The Chandos Portrait, T. Hollis, John Taylor, John Tallis And Company

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The engraving features an oval portrait of William Shakespeare that was crafted after what is known as the Chandos Portrait of William Shakespeare. Surrounding the central image are smaller portraits of 19th century Shakespearian actors: Edward Loomis Davenport, Charlotte Cushman, Mary Amelia Warner, and William Macready. A fifth smaller image depicts a scene from the Shakespeare Jubilee. The engraving appears to have been taken from a bound volume, most likely John Tallis & Company's The Works of Williams Shakespeare Illustrated.

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Smuggling Medicines Into The South (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The image depicts a group of four men (civilian and military) unloading medical supplies from a small boat. A fifth man, dressed in gentlemanly attire, is shown climbing down from a tree perch. Volck, who was a Confederate sympathizer, actively took part in similar efforts to smuggle medical supplies across the Potomac River.

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Free [Redacted] In The North (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The etching captures Volck's stance on the North's hypocrisy toward the treatment of black individuals. The scene takes place on Lovely Lane outside of a building where dancing and fighting takes place. The etching also depicts a well-dressed man assumed to be Henry Ward Beecher (a pastor and abolitionist) who denies help to a beggar in the streets. Instead, he hands the beggar a religious tract. Also pictured are two black men who are grave robbers. A wealthy-looking white man pays them for a corpse.

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Passage Through Baltimore (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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In the print, Volck criticizes Abraham Lincoln for making the trip to his 1861 inauguration in secret. At the time, there were rumors of an assassination plot brewing in Baltimore, and Lincoln was encourage to travel in secret at night, advice that Lincoln reluctantly took and later regretted.

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Offering Of Bells To Be Cast Into Cannon (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The print shows pastors offering their church bells to be melted and used as raw materials for war weapons. A slave is shown in the foreground unloading a bell at the feet of a Confederate officer. Appearing in the lower left corner of the image are two sets of initials, EBM and AJV, the latter belonging to Volck. This is one of the only etchings showcasing Volck's initials.

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Election In Baltimore, November 1862 (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The image shows Federal troops facilitating an election. The troops are shown encouraging lower-class voters, while intimidating those of the more respectable class. Many Union sympathizers within the crowd hold signs, and Baltimore's George Washington Monument may be seen in the background.

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Prayer In Stonewall Jackson's Camp (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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The etching depicts Stonewall Jackson delivering a sermon in a Confederate army camp. A group of Confederate servicemen, including an African-American man, kneel in prayer around him. According to the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Volck created the etching from his sketch of this event at Ball's Bluff in Virginia.

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Home Of Abraham Lincoln At Springfield

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The print is a black and white image of Abraham Lincoln's family home in Spring Field, Illinois. Lincoln and one of his sons stand just outside of the home inside the surrounding fence. Three men and three women stand on perimeter of the home. The image is printed on off-white paper. No creator or publication information is included.

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Bombardment Of For Sumter, Charleston Harbor. From Fort Moultrie, 12th & 13th Of April 1861., Currier And Ives

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The color lithograph depicts the siege of Fort Sumter, the battle that started the American Civil War. In the image, soldiers aim fire at Fort Sumter from Fort Moultrie. Two cannons blast fire in the foreground. The South Carolina state flag stands on the bank of the water to the left of the image. The American flag can be see flying above Fort Sumter in the image's background.

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Washington & Lincoln (Apotheosis)

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The memorial print depicts George Washington welcoming Abraham Lincoln into heaven with a laurel wreath. A break in the clouds pictured in the sky reveals angels and a ray of light that shines down on the two Presidents. [Ref: see O-pg. 242].

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President Lincoln Engraving, Daniel John Pound, Mathew Brady

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The engraving features a black and white standing portrait of Abraham Lincoln. It is printed on off-white paper. Ref: O-17.

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A. Lincoln Color Engraving, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady

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The color engraving features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. The portrait appears in an oval on off-white paper. Below the image is a facsimile of Lincoln's signature.

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Abraham Lincoln. Republican Candidate For Sixteenth President Of The United States., E.B. And E.C. Kellogg, George Whiting

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The color lithograph depicts a seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln. In the President's proper right hand, he holds a document while books rest at his elbow. A blue curtain hangs in the background.

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A. Lincoln, J. C. Mcrae, Virtue, Yorston And Co. Publishers

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The engraving features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln surrounded by a decorative oval border. At the top of the border sits a stack of papers, which include the Constitution. Beneath the portrait is a smaller image of Lincoln's cabinet council. The work features hues of yellow, green, blue, black, white, and brown. The engraving possibly is a reversed variant of C.S. German photo.

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A. Lincoln Color Engraving, George Edward Perine, Charles Deforest Fredricks

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The engraved bust-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln features a color portrait from the waist up. The engraving was created for Joel T. Headley's The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States.

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President Lincoln And His Cabinet, With Lt. Gen. Scott, In The Council Chamber At The White House, Robert Whitechurch, Christian Schussele

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The steel engraving features a black and white image of Abraham Lincoln and his 1861 cabinet members. Pictured from left to right are Edward Bates (Attorney General), Gideon Welles (Secretary of the Navy), Montgomery Blair (Postmaster General), William Henry Seward (Secretary of State), Salmon Portland Chase (Secretary of the Treasury), the President, General Winfield Scott (Chief of the Army), Caleb Blood Smith (Secretary of the Interior), and Simon Cameron (Secretary of War). Since the engraving lacks a publication line, it may never have been issued, perhaps because Scott retired and Cameron had been replaced by February 1862.

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A. Lincoln Color Engraving, William G. Jackman

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The color engraving features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln from the waist up. It originally appeared in John S. C. Abbott's The History of the Civil War in America.

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William H. Seward Engraving

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The engraved portrait of William H. Seward is printed on off-white paper with black ink. It features a vignette portrait of Seward from the chest up. There is severe foxing on the engraving's recto and verso.

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Engraved Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln, William Edgar Marshall

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The engraving is restrike or reproduction of an 1866 engraved portrait of Abraham Lincoln (Ref: H/B/N - fig. 102). Marshall, after Lincoln's death in 1865, painted a portrait of the President that was used as the basis for the engraving. In the portrait, Lincoln wears a black coat and tie. His portrait is depicted in hues of black and white and is surrounded by an oval floral border, which is further surrounded by a decorative rectangular frame.

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Battle Of Lookout Mountain, Ga., John R. Chapin, Virtue, Yorston And Co. Publishers

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In the black and white steel engraving, a scene from the Battle of Lookout Mountain is depicted. This battle took place on November 24th, 1863 and resulted in a Union victory. The engraving features Union soldiers climbing a mountain slope. One has fallen to the ground, possibly because he is wounded. In the background, battle lines and smoke are pictured. The engraving appears to have been removed from a bound volume, possibly volume 3 of The War with the South: a History of the Late Rebellion by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 volumes, 1862-1867.

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Battle Of Malvern Hill., Johnson, Fry And Co., Alonzo Chappel

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The image depicts a scene from Battle of Malvern Hill, which took place near Richmond, Virginia during the American Civil War on July 1, 1862 as a part of the Peninsula Campaign's Seven Days Battles. The engraving shows hundreds of soldiers lined in rows while men on horses appear throughout the scene. The image appears to have been taken from a bound volume, possibly from E.A. Duyckinck's History of the War for the Union.

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Attack Upon The 6th Mass. Regiment, John Chester Buttre, William Momberger

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The engraving features a black and white scene from the Baltimore Riot of 1861, a civil uprising between Confederate sympathizers and members of the primarily Massachusetts state militia regiment en route to the national capital at Washington. The engraving originally appeared in The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War In The United States of America. This particular copy was removed from the bound volume.

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Loyal Americans, Charles D. And Rews, Alfred Kemble Kipps, Benjamin B. Russell

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Pictured at the center of the tinted lithograph is an oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln. This portrait is surrounded by oval portraits of Union statesmen and military leaders (clockwise from top): General Scott, H. Hamlin, S. Cameron, G. Welles, M. Blair, General Butler, General Anderson, Colonel Ellsworth, C.B. Smith, E. Bates, S.P. Chase, and W.H. Seward.

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A. Lincoln Color Engraving, Alexand Er Hay Ritchie, Mathew Brady

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The object is an engraved portrait of Abraham Lincoln from the waist up that has been printed on off-white paper with black ink. It has severe foxing on its recto and verso. The engraving was probably a book illustration.

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Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President Of The United States., E.B. And E.C. Kellogg, Frank P. Whiting

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The chromolithograph is a memorial print depicting a bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln. A decorative garland adorned with a red, white, and blue ribbon surrounds the portrait, while a dove holding an olive branch rests in a nest at the garland's top.

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Battle Of Pea Ridge. Gen. Sigel's Charge., William T. Crane, John Rogers, Samuel Walker

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The black and white steel engraving depicts a scene from the Battle of Pea Ridge. In the scene, General Sigel and another officer ride on horseback as the battle rages in the background. A dead soldier lies in the foreground, while an American flag waves in the distance.

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Battle Of Shiloh, Tenn. Charge Of General Grant., Felix Octavius Carr Darley, William Ridgeway, Virtue, Yorston And Co. Publishers

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The black and white steel engraving features a scene from the Battle of Shiloh. In the scene, General Grant rides his horse as Confederate soldiers flee the cavalry charge. In the foreground, a tattered flag is held by a fallen soldier. The Battle of Shiloh was a major battle in the Civil War's Western Theater, and is considered one of the bloodiest battles in American history, resulting in over twenty-three thousand collective casualties.

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City Of Providence From Prospect Hill, D. Appleton And Co.

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The color engraving features an illustration of the city of Providence, Rhode Island from the vantage point of Prospect Hill. A man and a woman stand on the hillside while looking sown on the city. The image features hues of green, brown, black, pink, blue, and white. It is printed on off-white paper.

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Battle Of Ball's Bluff, Va. Rescuing The Body Of Brig. Gen. Baker, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, J. Godfrey, Virtue And Co. Publishers

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The black and white engraving depicts a scene from the Battle of Ball's Bluff, where Colonel Edward Baker was shot and killed. The image shows several Union soldiers carrying Baker's lifeless body while others fight with swords and rifles.

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Battle In Baltimore, April 19th, 1861 (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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William Shakespeare Engraved By Hollis From The Chandos Portrait, T. Hollis, John Taylor, John Tallis And Company

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Smuggling Medicines Into The South (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Free [Redacted] In The North (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Passage Through Baltimore (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Offering Of Bells To Be Cast Into Cannon (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Election In Baltimore, November 1862 (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Prayer In Stonewall Jackson's Camp (From Confederate War Etchings), Adalbert John Volck

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Home Of Abraham Lincoln At Springfield

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Bombardment Of For Sumter, Charleston Harbor. From Fort Moultrie, 12th & 13th Of April 1861., Currier And Ives

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Washington & Lincoln (Apotheosis)

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President Lincoln Engraving, Daniel John Pound, Mathew Brady

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A. Lincoln Color Engraving, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady

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Abraham Lincoln. Republican Candidate For Sixteenth President Of The United States., E.B. And E.C. Kellogg, George Whiting

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A. Lincoln, J. C. Mcrae, Virtue, Yorston And Co. Publishers

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A. Lincoln Color Engraving, George Edward Perine, Charles Deforest Fredricks

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President Lincoln And His Cabinet, With Lt. Gen. Scott, In The Council Chamber At The White House, Robert Whitechurch, Christian Schussele

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A. Lincoln Color Engraving, William G. Jackman

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William H. Seward Engraving

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Engraved Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln, William Edgar Marshall

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Battle Of Lookout Mountain, Ga., John R. Chapin, Virtue, Yorston And Co. Publishers

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Battle Of Malvern Hill., Johnson, Fry And Co., Alonzo Chappel

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Attack Upon The 6th Mass. Regiment, John Chester Buttre, William Momberger

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Loyal Americans, Charles D. And Rews, Alfred Kemble Kipps, Benjamin B. Russell

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A. Lincoln Color Engraving, Alexand Er Hay Ritchie, Mathew Brady

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Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President Of The United States., E.B. And E.C. Kellogg, Frank P. Whiting

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Battle Of Pea Ridge. Gen. Sigel's Charge., William T. Crane, John Rogers, Samuel Walker

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Battle Of Shiloh, Tenn. Charge Of General Grant., Felix Octavius Carr Darley, William Ridgeway, Virtue, Yorston And Co. Publishers

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City Of Providence From Prospect Hill, D. Appleton And Co.

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Battle Of Ball's Bluff, Va. Rescuing The Body Of Brig. Gen. Baker, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, J. Godfrey, Virtue And Co. Publishers

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