Grant General Grant's drawing skills

[nrogers]

Young cadet Grant studied drawing at the US Military Academy. I think he was quite talented!

 

[StephenColbert27]

Agreed. I only wish we had more of these.

 

[AndyHall]

Beautiful. Makes George Catlin look like a cartoonist.

 

[Rebel_Giratina]

Man, I wish I could draw like that. My drawings are cartoony.

 

[TinCan]

Man, Grant was good.

 

[Dave Wilma]

Sketching as part of exploration and mapmaking were stressed at West Point in those years.

 

[jay gale]

wow......makes me want to take up guitar full time and mothball my pencils and paints.

 

[Horace Porter]

Man, Grant was good.

Rosecrans was better.

 

[StephenColbert27]

Rosecrans was better.

Link?

 

[Aussie Billy Sherman]

A fine artist and horseman back in his west point days. And later in life, a fine and honest writer.

 

[jackt62]

Did Grant do that? I must say I never came across any mention of his drawing skills. He is usually cited for his fine horsemanship.

 

[StephenColbert27]

I believe that the story went that he gifted them to his girlfriend of the time.

 

[Boopsie]

Did Grant do that? I must say I never came across any mention of his drawing skills. He is usually cited for his fine horsemanship.

In his memoirs, he writes about drawing a few times. Like mentioned above, learning drawing skills lended to other areas needed as a West Pointer. He did write he enjoyed drawing.

 

[jackt62]

In his memoirs, he writes about drawing a few times. Like mentioned above, learning drawing skills lended to other areas needed as a West Pointer. He did write he enjoyed drawing.

Thanks for the information. Drawing or mechanical drawing was certainly a necessary part of the engineering education at West Point.

 

[civilken]

You could draw quite well and having I for detail sure helps when you're looking at a map.

 

[donna]

That is good.. See Grant the Artist at:

http://www.granthomepage.com/grantartist.htm