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Creator Role

printmaker

Description

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.

Description Source

Digital Maryland. http://collections.digitalmaryland.org/cdm/ref/collection/scav/id/31 (accessed June 19, 2018).

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Earliest

1861

Latest

1865

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1861-1867

Measurement

8 X 9 7/8 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

etching on paper

Inscription

Recto, below image, handwritten in pencil: 4

Subjects

Satire, American; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Caricatures and cartoons

Work Type

Print

Class

prints

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

4842

Digital ID

FVW_04842.4

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Battle in Baltimore, April 19th, 1861 (from Confederate War Etchings)

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