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Alfred R. Waud drew this winter scene called "Winter Picket Duty" on cream colored paper with a pencil. The inscription below the drawing reads: "Snow dark against distant sky, quite dark in shadow on evergreen. very hazy and colorless distance." The artist, Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891.
Soldiers drawing are windows back in time, giving us a better idea of the experiences they encountered in their everyday life. I'm sure winter picket duty was a hard one to bear.
Alfred R. Waud was a Civil War Illustrator. The most prolific "special" artist of the Civil War, he was born in London, England, and was educated at the Royal Academy's School of Design. He migrated to the United States in 1850, worked as an illustrator of periodicals and books until, at the outbreak of the war, he joined the staff of the New York Illustrated News as a field artist, or "special." With pencil and sketchbook he reported the opening months of the war and battles in between. At Appomattox in 1865 he sketched General Robert E. Lee leaving the McLean house after having surrendered his army, and just days later, the presidential box at Ford's Theatre the day after Lincoln was assassinated.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Alfred R. Waud drew this winter scene called "Winter Picket Duty" on cream colored paper with a pencil. The inscription below the drawing reads: "Snow dark against distant sky, quite dark in shadow on evergreen. very hazy and colorless distance." The artist, Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891.
Soldiers drawing are windows back in time, giving us a better idea of the experiences they encountered in their everyday life. I'm sure winter picket duty was a hard one to bear.
Alfred R. Waud was a Civil War Illustrator. The most prolific "special" artist of the Civil War, he was born in London, England, and was educated at the Royal Academy's School of Design. He migrated to the United States in 1850, worked as an illustrator of periodicals and books until, at the outbreak of the war, he joined the staff of the New York Illustrated News as a field artist, or "special." With pencil and sketchbook he reported the opening months of the war and battles in between. At Appomattox in 1865 he sketched General Robert E. Lee leaving the McLean house after having surrendered his army, and just days later, the presidential box at Ford's Theatre the day after Lincoln was assassinated.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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