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Drawings & Sketches

79,475 works

Pencil sketch of an open rural landscape with trees, a fence, wooden frames, and the handwritten label Deep Bottom.

Deep Bottom

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil sketch of soldiers distributing ammunition from covered wagons beside a cannon, with a handwritten caption below.

Distributing ammunition under fire. 5th corps front May 6

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a seated bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and buttoned coat, labeled Dr. McParlin.

Dr. McParlin

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a bearded soldier in a cap beside studies of a sword, hilt, and scabbard on tan paper.

Details and bust portrait soldier

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of two men, one in a flat hat and one bearded in a kepi and buttoned coat, with handwritten names and notes.

Dr. Townsend, Phila. (and) Lieut Crosby

Alfred Waud, 1861

Five broadside views of steamships and a sailboat

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of mounted officers and soldiers with flags gathered beneath a tree in a field, by Alfred Waud, 1862.

Farewell to the Army. Warrenton, 1862

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of Fairfax Seminary with a tall tower, tents, soldiers, and bare trees on brown paper.

Fairfax Seminary now General Hospital Headquarters for the Army of the Potomac

Alfred Waud, 1860

Graphite sketch of a Civil War era camp with mounted officers, cannon, wagons, tents and trees under a cloudy sky.

Fair Oaks, scene of the battle (drawn a day or two before the Confederate assault)

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil and wash drawing of a mounted column with flags and an explosion of smoke over rolling hills and trees.

Explosion of a rebel limber at the battle near Middleburg June 21st

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of steamboats and a sailing ship on a river, with smaller hull detail studies below.

Five views of the Susquehannah and the Ceres

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil and wash sketch of artillery crews firing cannons in smoke, with a mounted officer and a wide battlefield landscape be

Fight at Kelly's Ford. Sleepers battery

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of troops and crowds gathered around a wooden gallows platform during a military hanging in Washington, 1862.

First military execution in Washington; hanging of a private for shooting his superior officer

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil and wash sketch of soldiers in ranks on an open field, with officers and a drummer in the foreground.

Execution of five deserters in the 5th Corps

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of steamships and a sailing ship with tall masts in rough seas, with seagulls overhead.

For Ft. Fisher direct. The Expedition leaving the Chesapeake

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of Union soldiers firing rifles from behind trees in a smoky wooded battle, an officer watching at right.

Fighting in the woods Kearneys division repulsing the enemy Monday June 30th 1862

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of tall trees and a clearing with soldiers and fallen logs, inscribed Oct 18 1861 Fairfax.

Fairfax

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil sketch on brown paper of five men digging, with one standing figure at left and others crouched among earth and scrub.

Five men digging

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a man in a hat beside a stone arched spring house under a tree, on tan paper.

Figure in front of spring house

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a man in a hat and heavy coat seated on a barrel, with a second hat sketched beside him.

Figure wrapped in blanket sitting on a barrel and reading

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a crowd of faces and figures in hats and bonnets, with a handwritten note reading turn over.

Faces in a crowd

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of an outpost with a cannon, soldiers standing and seated, tall trees, a fence and a distant church steeple.

Falls Church, July 1st, 1861, Outpost

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil and ink drawing of a purple flag with a white crescent moon, captioned as the flag of General Cleburne's division.

Flag of General Cleburne's Division

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil and white chalk sketch of the White House with a striped pavilion, flagpole, and crowd of onlookers in the foreground.

Flag raising at the White House

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil sketch of a coiled snake and banners lettered Richland Volunteer Rifle Company, with a rifle at right.

Flag of the Richland Volunteer Rifle Company

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of soldiers burying dead and burning horses on a battlefield with smoke, houses, and tall trees behind.

Fair Oaks after the battle, burying the dead-and burning the horses. Tuesday 3rd June

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil and wash sketch of cheering men on a steamboat deck, waving hats under a billowing flag, with officers above.

Exchanged (Union) Prisoners on board the Liza Hancox (sic) (Colonel Mulford) Despatch boat-Cheering the Stars & Stripes

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of horses being tended by men near a stable and a water trough, with loose quick lines.

Feeding and resting horses

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch studies of men in a wooded scene, with a handwritten caption about escaping a fire in the Wilderness.

Escaping from the fire in the woods-"Wilderness"

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a floating hospital and floating battery with buildings, figures, and shoreline studies above.

Floating Hospital & Floating Battery

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a man seen from behind, standing full length in a cap and long coat, on pale paper.

Full length rear view of man

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of the White House facade with classical columns, a pediment, wall lamps, and small walking figures.

Front of the White House, Washington

Alfred Waud, 1860