[THIRTY-FIVE ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY CHARLES WELLINGTON REED, ARTIST AND MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT]

[Reed, Charles Wellington]

Verlag: [Various places, 1880

[30] leaves, 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches each, graphite on paper. Loose leaves, original stitching perished. A few minor chips, and notches from old stitching. Moderate tanning. About very good. In a half morocco and cloth slipcase and chemise. A small sketchbook containing thirty-five pencil drawings by illustrator and Civil War veteran Charles Wellington Reed. Reed served in the Ninth Massachusetts Light Artillery from 1862 to November 1864, when he was wounded and then transferred to the staff of Gouverneur K. Warren, where he was a topographical engineer. He participated in or was present at several major engagements, including the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, and Gettysburg, where he saved the life of his captain, John Bigelow, for which he was eventually awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Reed was an active artist during and after the Civil War, and his drawings were used to illustrate a number of works, including HARDTACK AND COFFEE and the BATTLES AND LEADERS OF THE CIVIL WAR series. One of the sketches reflects part of Reed's Civil War experience, depicting "Camp Stevenson Newbern N.C." It shows a barrack with tents and picket guards at this Union post established when the North seized the lower Nuese River and New Bern in late 1862. Camp Stevenson was a fort just north of the town along the river, and remained a post until the Union took over more of coastal Carolina in late 1864 and early 1865. The sketches here otherwise depict mostly non- military and foreign military themes. A number of images show children dancing at a formal event, as well as several other portraits of adults and children. Other images include a Native American hunting on horseback, a country scene, and a bar fight. The military sketches concentrate exclusively on what appears to be French Army or Foreign Legion and unnamed but distinctly Middle Eastern opponents. These drawings depict members of the French military in various forms of action (and occasionally, repose) and are numbered and captioned; several are signed by Reed. A lively set of sketches from a well regarded 19th-century American illustrator. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM52140

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [THIRTY-FIVE ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY CHARLES ...
Verlag: [Various places
Erscheinungsdatum: 1880