. Civil War officers. Union . of the country on the coattails of this unobjectionablebut innocuous candidate. The greatest satirical talent in American graphic art inLincolns day was located in the camp of the Johann Volck (1828-1912) was a Baltimore dentistwho had come to the United States from Bavaria. He probablyreceived some training in the graphic arts in Europe, as didmany other American artists in Lincolns day, but Baltimoreshaped his political opinions. Maryland, though it did notsecede, was a slave state, and opposition to the Republicanparty in the state was virul
. Civil War officers. Union . of the country on the coattails of this unobjectionablebut innocuous candidate. The greatest satirical talent in American graphic art inLincolns day was located in the camp of the Johann Volck (1828-1912) was a Baltimore dentistwho had come to the United States from Bavaria. He probablyreceived some training in the graphic arts in Europe, as didmany other American artists in Lincolns day, but Baltimoreshaped his political opinions. Maryland, though it did notsecede, was a slave state, and opposition to the Republicanparty in the state was virulent. Volck was decidedly pro-Southern and loathed the Lincoln administration. Volcks considerable technical skills as an etcher wereunited with a sharp satirical eye. In one of the most brilliantlyconceived and skillfully executed prints of the period, Volckpictured Lincoln as a hopelessly idealistic Don Quixote,carrying a John Brown pike instead of a lance, accompaniedby that sordid reminder of Northern materialism, Benjamin.
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