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Creator Role
printmaker
Description
Volck's image is a negative comment on the Northern practice of permitting men to replace them in the draft. The image depicts well-dressed man admitting another man into a public house where substitutes are for sale. The entryway door has a sign posted that states substitutes are for sale and indicates that they are "ablebodied men." The substitutes include lower-class men, including black individuals. In the background hangs an "Honest Abe" poster.
Description Source
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/buying-substitute-north-during-war (accessed June 19, 2018).
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Earliest
1861
Latest
1865
Approximate Creation Date
ca. 1861-1870
Measurement
8 X 10 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
etching on paper
Inscription
Recto, above image at left: 7 recto, in image, sign on door: Substitutes/for sale/Suply of ablebodied/men always/on hand/[signature]
Subjects
Satire, American; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Caricatures and cartoons
Work Type
Class
prints
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
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_04842.7
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.