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Drawings & Sketches

79,224 works

Pencil sketch of a kneeling rifleman in a slouch hat aiming a rifle, drawn on tan paper.

A kneeling rifleman

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a standing soldier in a slouch hat holding a bayonet-fitted rifle, labeled 55th Georgia.

55th Georgia

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a timber beam on trestles under a hoist, with two workmen and a steamship in the upper right.

A hoist for ship building

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a standing soldier in uniform holding a rifle beside a tree, with the handwritten label 5th Excelsior.

5th Excelsior

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil sketch of Union infantry with rifles and flags among knapsacks and fallen men, labeled a glimpse of the defeat at Elli

A glimpse of the defeat at Ellisons Mill June 26th

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of a dead horse lying on grassy ground beside sparse brush, with a handwritten note below.

A dead horse

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a crowded interior with card players, a violinist and small vignettes labelled robbery and burglary.

A series of small scenes that illustrate various ways of getting money

Alfred Waud, 1860

Graphite sketch of three men in uniform: a standing officer, a seated man on a stool, and a man on a crutch.

A street contrast

Alfred Waud, 1860

Sepia watercolor sketch of a ship cabin interior with a dresser, washstand, framed prints, and curtains.

Aboard the N. Carolina

Alfred Waud, 1860

Albatross

Alfred Waud, 1860

African American soldier

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of the paddle steamer Alliance, a blockade runner, with masts, flags, smokestacks and a side paddle wheel.

Alliance, blockade runner

Alfred Waud, 1860

Graphite and chalk drawing of soldiers, families and children gathered in a street before a banking office building.

African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas

Alfred Waud, 1866

Pencil sketch on lined paper of an interior hall with seated audience, columns, and tall arched windows.

An interior, perhaps an assembly hall

Alfred Waud, 1860

Brown wash drawing of soldiers, wagons, a cannon and a mounted rider on a road beneath smoke-filled sky.

After Gaines Mill Sunday June 29th 1862

Alfred Waud, 1862

A. Skimmel D.M. & W.V. Vol

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil sketch of an open field with distant trees, a shaded stump in the foreground, and handwritten notes reading after the

After the mine Petersburg

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a soldier in a wide-brimmed hat holding a knife, with a belt and pouches, on aged paper.

A soldier with a knife

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of mounted cavalry riders in the foreground and a column of troops advancing across a field.

Advance of Custer's brigade

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer leading cavalry across a field, with troops, wagons and masts in the background.

April 6. Custer ready for his 3rd charge at Sailors Creek 1865

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil and white-highlighted sketch of Alexandria, Virginia's waterfront with a sailboat and steamboat on the Potomac, 1861.

Alexandria, Virginia from the Maryland side of the Potomac

Alfred Waud, 1861

Wash drawing of US ships Pawnee and Freeborn firing on rebel batteries across calm water, with smoke rising from the guns.

Action between the U.S. vessels Pawnee and Freeborn and the rebel batteries at Acquia (sic) Creek

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil and chalk sketch of artillery crews firing cannons amid smoke, with troops and a stone gateway in the distance.

Appearance of cemetery hill previous to Pickett's charge

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of a stampede of army horses galloping across a field, with mounted riders swinging lassos in the foreground.

A stampede of army horses

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a soldier aiming a mortar on a wooden platform while two men watch, with smoke rising in the background.

Aiming a Mortar, in Jacksons Connecticut battery

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a paddle steamer with smokestack and paddle wheel at a wharf, with a city skyline across the water.

Algonquin

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch with colour of a paddle steamer with flags and rigging on water, labelled Admiral Dahlgren's flagship off Charl

Admiral Dahlgrens flag ship Philadelphia-off. Charleston 1863

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of a Zouave soldier seen from behind, with handwritten color notes on the uniform, by Alfred Waud, 1864.

A Zouave sentry

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of an officer reading at a table and a seated woman inside a canvas tent with cots and barrels.

An officer and a woman sitting in a tent

Alfred Waud, 1860

Sepia drawing of a mule-drawn wagon with families arriving at a camp, tents and cloudy dusk sky behind them.

An arrival in Camp-under the Proclamation of Emancipation

Alfred Waud, 1863

Charcoal sketch of a uniformed soldier standing beside a horse, holding its bridle, on tan paper.

A soldier leading a horse

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a ruined stone church with an arched doorway, bare trees, and reflections in water, labeled Jamestown 1864.

Ancient Church. Jamestown 1864

Alfred Waud, 1864