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Drawings & Sketches

78,193 works

Watercolor landscape of a dark mountain above a lake under a cloudy sky with warm light, by Peter De Wint.

Study for "The Ferry"

An army mule. September 28, 1863

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a wide valley with artillery smoke, numbered troop positions, a farmhouse, and handwritten notes along the b

Attack on Gen. Sedwick's (sic) Corps. Banks Ford near Chancellorsville, seen from the north bank of the Rappahannock…

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a mounted cavalry soldier smoking while his horse grazes in an open field with a distant rider.

A cavalry vidette. Taking it easy

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Brown-toned sketch of soldiers resting behind earthworks with cannons, a flag, a mule, and smoke over distant trees.

A lull in the fight

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Sepia sketch of a log cabin, a water-wheel grist mill, a rural house with figures, and a man holding a child.

A Negro cabin. The old grist mill

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Sepia drawing of soldiers, cannon and mounted officers marching at night through pine woods beside a burning tree.

A night march. The army going into action through the woods

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Sketch of two riders galloping toward a log cabin as men sit and a soldier waves, with pine trees behind.

A race for camp

Edwin Forbes, 1876

A mule driver

Edwin Forbes, 1863

An officer of infantry, U.S.V.

Edwin Forbes, 1862

A played-out mule in hospital

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of soldiers, pack mules and horsemen marching through rain toward a farmhouse on a hill.

A rainy day. The army on the march

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil drawing of mounted soldiers in dark uniforms riding across a grassy field toward a misty treeline.

A scouting party

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of two army mules by a wooden fence, one shaded darkly in the foreground, dated 1864 at Rappahannock Station.

A tough customer. Army mule

Edwin Forbes, 1864

An old soldier

Edwin Forbes, 1863

A Yankee volunteer

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil drawing of refugees walking and riding in a mule-drawn wagon along a dirt road under trees.

African American refugees coming into the Union lines near Culpeper Court House, Va.

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of men and a child in a wagon camp beneath a large tree, with covered wagons behind them.

A breakdown in the wagoner's camp

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a cavalry charge with raised sabres, flags, fallen horses and riders, and smoke in the background.

Cavalry Charge Near Brandy Station

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of horses and soldiers pulling an artillery caisson through a pine forest, with a dead horse in the foreground.

A stormy march-(Artillery)-Spotsylvania Court House

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of soldiers advancing across an open field past fencing toward a tree line, with a flag bearer.

Battle of Bethesda Church

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of Bealton Station with tents, covered wagons, a rider, a two-story building, and a locomotive.

Bealton Station, on the Orange and Alexandria R.R. Depot of supplies

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil drawing of soldiers, tents, a cannon and a log cabin behind wooden breastworks under a cloudy sky.

Behind the breastworks at Cold Harbor awaiting an attack

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of mounted soldiers and horse-drawn cannons racing past wooden buildings and tall trees at a rural railroad sta

Brandy Station, on the Orange and Alexandria R.R. Light artillery going to the front

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of rolling fields and distant hills with shaded earthworks in the foreground and numbered labels across the sce

Breastworks near Williamsport, Md., thrown up by Gen. Lee's army, on its retreat toward the Potomac

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a rough wooden trestle bridge over a river, framed by leafy trees and shrubs, dated 1864.

Bridge across the Matapony River near Bowling Green, Va.

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Brown wash drawing of mounted soldiers riding past a log cabin, with a line of wagons on a distant hill.

Bummers (Foragers)

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of soldiers on barrels as men with torches set fire to breastworks and forts at Manassas, with smoke rising.

Burning breastworks and forts at Manassas

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of dead horses beside artillery caissons with two soldiers standing near wagons on a battlefield.

Caisson and battery horses - near the grove of trees; scene of Picketts charge

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of weeping willows over a river, with a rider on horseback at right and small tents in the distance.

Camp on Little River, Va. The march to Gettysburg

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a mounted cavalry soldier in a kepi beside a horse, with tents and trees in the background.

Cavalry orderly waiting for orders

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of infantry and artillery in a battle near a brick house, with smoke rising over a distant tree line.

Attack on the Union position at the Chancellorsville House - E. Forbes

Edwin Forbes, 1863