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A farewell party for George May Drawing; Parties; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.); Sketch by Adalbert Volck of the Wednesday Club farewell party for George May, the gentleman seated at the table. From left to right, standing, are Dr. Adalbert Volck (in profile, far left), James Gibson,... 2. A lesson in love Cheltnam, Charles Smith, 1823-1912; Drawing; Theater programs; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.); Sketch by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of the Charles Smith Cheltnam three-act comedy, A Lesson in Love. In this scene, which takes place outside a country home amid trees and greenery,... 3. A quartette Concerts; Drawing; Musicians; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.); Sketch by Adalbert Volck entitled "A Quartette." In this sketch, members of the Wednesday Club have gathered for the performance of a string quartet. Frank Clark and Frank Frick are the two men standing... 4. A scrap of paper Drawing; Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908; Simpson, J. Palgrave (James Palgrave), 1807-1887; Theater programs; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.); Sketch by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of the three-act comedy, A Scrap of Paper, J. Palgrave Simpson's adaptation of Victorien Sardou's play, Les Pattes de mouche. In this sketch,... 5. Bombastes Furioso Burlesques; Drawing; Rhodes, William Barnes, 1772-1826; Theater programs; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.); Sketch by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of the Thomas (i.e., William) Barnes Rhodes burlesque drama, Bombastes Furioso. In this illustration, the lavishly dressed Distaffina sits in... 6. Cut off with a shilling / A happy pair Drawing; Theater programs; Theyre-Smith, S. (Spenser); Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.); Sketches by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of two Spenser Theyre-Smith comedies, Cut off with a Shilling (upper sketch) and A Happy Pair (lower sketch). Both plays are set in a Victorian... 7. Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893; Caricatures and cartoons; Don Quixote (Fictitious character); Etching; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Etching by Adalbert Volck that depicts Abraham Lincoln as Don Quixote and Benjamin Butler as Sancho Panza. Lincoln and Butler were frequent subjects of Volck's caricatures, and this etching is an example... 8. Heroic Butler Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893; Caricatures and cartoons; Etching; Etching by Adalbert Volck that ridicules General Benjamin F. Butler. The irony of Volck's use of the term "heroic" is brought into relief by the fact that Butler has outfitted himself with an array of... 9. Judas - Thomas Holliday Hicks, Governor of Maryland Betrayal; Caricatures and cartoons; Civil War, 1861-1865; Etching; Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865; Judas Iscariot; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Etching by Adalbert Volck that portrays Thomas Holliday Hicks, Governor of Maryland from 1858 to 1862, as Judas Iscariot. Hicks had run for office as an antiabolitionist and a supporter of slave-owners,... 10. Lincoln and his puppets Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893; Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889; Caricatures and cartoons; Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873; Etching; Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; Puppets; Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866; Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878; Etching by Adalbert Volck that depicts Abraham Lincoln as a puppeteer dressed in a jester's attire. Lincoln holds a sword, and the hilt of the sword is topped with a miniature jester's head. With his free... 11. Mephistopheles - General James H. Lane Caricatures and cartoons; Etching; Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866; Etching by Adalbert Volck depicting General James H. Lane as Mephistopheles, the devil (or a friend of the devil). Why Volck chose to ridicule Lane, a Senator from Kansas, a state admitted to the Union... 12. Miscellaneous sketches - horse and rider vignettes Drawing; Horses; Sketches by Adalbert Volck that feature a rider and his mount. In the upper sketch, the horse gallops off with a billow of steam pluming from his nostrils. The riders feet are out of the stirrups, and... 13. Miscellaneous sketches - multiple vignettes Drawing; Musicians; Men; Miscellaneous sketches by Adalbert Volck. The purpose of these sketches is unknown. The topmost sketches include a number of profiles of men's heads and are subtitled with the text "smoke pictures - purely... 14. Our boys Byron, Henry J. (Henry James), 1835-1884; Drawing; Theater programs; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.); Sketch by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of the British dramatist Henry J. Byron comedy, Our Boys. In the scene there are three groups of people standing in a high-ceilinged Victorian... 15. Sam Tappertat - General John C. Fremont Caricatures and cartoons; Etching; Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890; Etching by Adalbert Volck in which General John C. Fremont is depicted as a character called "Sam Tappertat." The source of the name "Sam Tappertat" is unclear, but George McCullough Anderson in his book,... 16. Simon Tappertit - General Butler Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893; Caricatures and cartoons; Etching; Etching by Adalbert Volck in which General Benjamin F. Butler, who later ran for governor of Massachusetts many times before being elected in 1882, is portrayed as Simon Tappertit, a character in Charles... 17. Son and stranger Chorley, Henry Fothergill, 1808-1872; Drawing; Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847; Operetta; Theater programs; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.); Sketches by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of the operetta, Son and Stranger. Thought to be the Henry Fothergill Chorley translation of Felix Mendelssohn's operetta, Die Heimkehr aus... 18. The grasshopper, a tragic cantata Drawing; Sheet music; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.); Sheet music of The Grasshopper, A Tragic Cantata, written by Innes Randolph and illustrated by A. J. Volck. This fanciful satire of Italian grand opera, dedicated to and no doubt performed by and for the... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-18 of 18 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next