Tracks of the Armies (from Confederate War Etchings)
Adalbert John Volck
1861–63
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Image: 4 13/16 x 6 5/8 in. (12.2 x 16.8 cm) Sheet: 7 15/16 x 10 7/16 in. (20.2 x 26.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938
Accession Number
38.13.15
Tags
American Civil WarSoldiersRuinsMen
About the Artist
Adalbert John Volck · 1828–1912
Adalbert John Volck (1828–1912) led one of the more remarkable double lives in American art history. Born in Augsburg, Bavaria, he emigrated to the United States as a young man, eventually settling in Baltimore, where he built a distinguished career as a dentist. Yet beneath his professional respectability lay a fierce artistic talent and a passionate political identity that would find explosive e...