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Alfred R. Waud A Guerilla oil painting


A Guerilla
Painting ID::  49248 		Artist: Alfred R. Waud
Painting: A Guerilla
Introduction: mk195 ca.1863 Drawing
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Alfred R. Waud The 1st Virginia Cavalry oil painting


The 1st Virginia Cavalry
Painting ID::  49294 		Artist: Alfred R. Waud
Painting: The 1st Virginia Cavalry
Introduction: mk195 September 1862 Pencil and Chinese white on paper 8x12
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Alfred R. Waud Sumner Crossing Chichahominey,Battle of Seven Pines May 31 oil painting


Sumner Crossing Chichahominey,Battle of Seven Pines May 31
Painting ID::  49309 		Artist: Alfred R. Waud
Painting: Sumner Crossing Chichahominey,Battle of Seven Pines May 31
Introduction: mk195 1862 Pencil,Library of Congress
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Alfred R. Waud Battle of Chickamauga oil painting


Battle of Chickamauga
Painting ID::  49310 		Artist: Alfred R. Waud
Painting: Battle of Chickamauga
Introduction: mk195 1863 Drawing,Library of Congress
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Alfred R. Waud General Lee Leaving Appomattox,April 9.1865 oil painting


General Lee Leaving Appomattox,April 9.1865
Painting ID::  49355 		Artist: Alfred R. Waud
Painting: General Lee Leaving Appomattox,April 9.1865
Introduction: mk195 1865 Pencil 9x8
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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     American, 1828-1891,was an American artist and illustrator, born in London, England. He is most notable for the sketches he made as an artist correspondent during the American Civil War. Before emigration, Alfred Waud had entered the Government School of Design at Somerset House, London, with the intention of becoming a marine painter. This did not come to fruition, but as a student, he also worked as a painter of theatrical scenery. He intended to pursue that work in the United States, when he immigrated in 1850, seeking employment with actor and playwright John Brougham. In the 1850s, he worked variously as an illustrator for a Boston periodical, the Carpet-Bag, and provided illustrations for books such as Hunter's Panoramic Guide from Niagara to Quebec (1857). The period during the American Civil War was time when all images in a publication had to be hand drawn and engraved by skilled artist. Photography existed but there was no way to transfer a photograph to a printing plate since this was well before the advent of the halftone process for printing photographs. Photographic equipment was too cumbersome and exposure times were to slow to be used on the battlefield. An artist such as Waud would do detailed sketches in the field, which were then rushed by courier back to the main office of the newspaper they were working for. There a staff of engravers would use the to sketches create finished engravings for publication. In 1860 Alfred Waud became an illustrator or special artist (a full time paid staff artist) for the New York Illustrated News. In April 1861, the newspaper assigned Waud to cover the Army of the Potomac, Virginia main Union army. He first illustrated General Winfield Scott in Washington, D.C., and then entered the field to render the First Battle of Bull Run in July. Waud followed a Union expedition to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina the next month. That autumn, he sketched army activity in the Tidewater region of Virginia. Waud joined Harper's Weekly toward the end of 1861, continuing to cover the war. In 1864 Alfred brother, William Waud (who up to that time had been working with Frank Leslie Illustrated Newspaper), joined Alfred on the staff of Harper's and they worked together during the Petersburg Campaign. Alfred Waud attended every battle of the Army of the Potomac between the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861 and the Siege of Petersburg in 1865. Alfred was one of only two artists present at the Battle of Gettysburg. His depiction of Pickett Charge is thought to be the only visual account by an eyewitness. Waud died in 1891 in Marietta, Georgia, while touring battlefields of the South. . Related Artists to Alfred R. Waud : | Edward Burne Jones | Maynard, George Willoughby | Frederic Edwin Church | Paulus Bor | jacques d agar |

 

 

 
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