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Drawings & Sketches

79,357 works

Sketch of soldiers digging near wooden frames on flat ground under a cloudy dusk sky, with a tree at left.

Jersey troops breaking the ground for a fort to defend Washington, on Virginia soil near the long bridge

Alfred Waud, 1861

Charcoal drawing of soldiers by fortified earthworks beside a creek, with tall pines and felled trees, by Alfred Waud, 1862.

Kimmidges Creek, left defence of the camp at Harrisons Landing

Alfred Waud, 1862

Joseph Whitney

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a rural landscape with a two-story building, trees, a fence in the foreground, and hills beyond.

Landscape with buildings

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of Civil War artillery crews firing cannons across a field near a farmhouse, with smoke rising.

June 2nd Position nr. Cold Harbor-rifle pits in the front

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a launch and sloop of war on water, with handwritten labels reading Launch of Hartford and sloop of war.

Launch of Hartford, Sloop of War

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of three men in military dress and a horse in a landscape, with handwritten notes about McClellan looking at th

Into the cornfield

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of a standing man in loose clothing holding a rifle, with a faint second figure at right on tan paper.

Indian

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of Fort Taylor's arched facade and central tower, with hanging lamps and posts sketched above on green paper.

Key West, Fla. Jan 14 60, garrisoned by U.S. troops. Fort Taylor

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch on green paper of fallen trees, broken branches and rocks in a woodland clearing.

Landscape with fallen trees and rocks

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a dark cave entrance beside a stone wall, with foliage overhead and rocks on the ground.

John Browns Cave near Harpers Ferry

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of cavalry and soldiers in battle near a distant tree line and hills, labeled Lays Ferry, Oostanaula River, 186

Lays Ferry. Oostanuala river. May 14-15-16 1864

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil and chalk sketch of a landscape with a split-rail fence, stream, bare trees and a cloudy sky, dated 1861.

Landscape with fence and stream

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil sketch of a room with a fireplace and mantel, two windows, a doorway, and a small ship visible outside.

Interior of room showing fireplace & windows

Alfred Waud, 1860

Grey ink wash sketch of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, glancing sideways with a slight smile.

Lawrence Killey

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of an ornate interior with an arched balcony, seated figures in the foreground, and a standing man at left.

Interior of building, with seated figures

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a wooden bed with turned posts and rumpled bedding, labeled 'Lincoln's deathbed'.

Lincoln's deathbed

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil sketch on green-gray paper of a seated man in an armchair, legs crossed, head tilted back, labeled Lincoln.

Lincoln resting in chair, top hat in lap

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of uniformed men and a woman in a wooden office room at Libby, with handwritten notes above and below.

Lt. Bishop A.P.M. receiving prisoners in the room in Libby where our soldiers used to be robbed by the chivalry (?)

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil sketches on yellow paper of a funeral scene with crowds, a columned building, draped platforms and trees.

Lincoln's funeral

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil sketch of Martinsburg showing depot ruins, a town square with a court house, stone barricades, and a moonlit field.

Martinsburg

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a steam locomotive with cab and large wheels on tracks, with a telegraph pole to the right, on tan paper.

Locomotive

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil portrait sketch of a bearded officer in a high-collared military uniform, inscribed Lt. Genl. A.P. Stewart.

Lt. Genl. A.P. Stewart

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil drawing of a rocky cliff, lockhouse and canal lock with a horseback rider and cloudy sky, by Alfred Waud, 1864.

Lockhouse Chesapeake and Ohio canal

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer raising his hat amid a crowd and hanging flags in a town street.

McClellan entering Frederick

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of a man in a cap shoveling coal beside a stove in a dim interior.

Man shoveling coal

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a spindle-post bed with pillows and bedding, inscribed 'Lincolns death bed'.

Lincolns death bed

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil sketch of Mayport Mills, Florida, showing wooden buildings, a tall smokestack, and palm trees on open ground.

Mayport Mills, Florida

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a hill beyond tree lines, with two men walking a road in the foreground, labeled Lost Mtn.

Lost Mountain

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a rifle, peering around a tree trunk on tan paper.

Man with rifle peering around tree

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch on brown paper of a camp with tents and a log cabin under hills and clouds.

Manassas gap

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with a chimney, a tall tree and a split-rail fence in the foreground.

Log cabin beside tree and rail fence

Alfred Waud, 1861