HOLIDAY AUCTION SOUTHERN ESTATES
Lot 90:
Description
Folio (13 ½ x 1- inches), correctly issued without title page, 29 line etchings on India paper tipped down on heavier, gilt-edged, paper stock, with tissue cover sheets to each plate as issued; printed index of plates. Contents etchings are very good, with exception of all have heavy foxing marginal foxing, not affecting the artwork. Not dated, but published c. 1885 by Porter & Coates in an edition of 100 portfolios; this is #34. "Printed on chine colle, this edition is Volck’s work at its best [Voss, 1988]". Aldabert Volck (1828-1912), i.e., V. Blada, was a prominent Southern cartoonist from Baltimore who is best known for his 1863 work "Sketches from the Civil War, " later republished circa 1886 by Porter & Coates in Philadelphia under the title "Confederate War Etchings."A very limited production of only 100 were produced. Weight 3 lbs.
Condition: foxing to all borders
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