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Writing the Emancipation Proclamation

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Date Issued:
1863-1864
Title: Writing the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Alternative Title: Sketches from the Civil War in North America, 1861, ’62, ’63 by V. Blada.
Name(s): Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912, creator
Blada, V., creator
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Illustrations
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1863-1864
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Digital Library [digital object]
Physical Description: image/jp2
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3171444 (digitool), FADT3171444 (IID), fau:7487 (fedora)
Note(s): "Writing the Emancipation Proclamation" is a sketch of [Mr. Lincoln] writing with the U.S Constitution under his foot. It was created by the German born artist John Adalbert Volck who resided in Baltimore, MD during the American Civil War. Adalbert J. Volck went under the pseudynom of V. Blada. Volck's satirical sketches depict scenes related to the American Civil war. This sketch is part of a set of 29 from a book titled "Sketches from the Civil War in North America, 1861, ’62, ’63" by V. Blada.
Subject(s): Etchings --1860-1870
Book illustrations --1860-1870
Prints, American –19the century
United States --History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Pictorial Works
Confederate States of America –History –Pictorial works
United States –History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Art and the war
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/3171444
Restrictions on Access: Electronic version created 2011, Florida Atlantic University Libraries Digital Library.
Host Institution: FAU
Original Title: Original: Box 1, Item 4, Elliott Cross and James A. Cross Civil War Collection FAU Libraries’ Special Collections Department.