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28 August 1874

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil and ink. Pavilion Hotel]

signed

GLC02673.14

28 August 1874

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil and ink. Pavilion Hotel in the distance]

note on verso: "Do not charge Mr. Bacthelder [sic] my Hotel Bill. J.W.G."

GLC02673.15

16 August 1875

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil and ink wash. Mauchunk Pennsylvania from Booth Mountain]

GLC02673.16

1876

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Autograph note

Title: [Autograph notes concerning a model, possibly seen at the Centennial Fair, 1876, and probably intended to guide a model he was making.]

Plan of the movements and battles of the Spanish Forces against the Moors in Moroco [sic] during 1859-60.... JBB's large panoramic Gettysburg prints are copyright 1877.

GLC02673.17

1876

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Autograph note

Title: [notes on terra cotta fountain of two children]

One of the most charming designs in the Exhibition is the fountain of Terra Cotta representing two children standing under a spread umbrella above which the jet of water plays.... Autograph note, probably ca. 1876 and accompanied by #19, upon which dating is based.

GLC02673.18

1876

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [ink and water color. Terra cotta fountain of children]

On verso is pasted-down newsclipping: "Old Abe" at the Centennial. Describing the famous war eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin, clipped from the Philadelphia Times.

GLC02673.19

19 August 1893

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [watercolor. Marsh Creek]

Hoffman's Dam. Shows a fisherman

GLC02673.20

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [pencil. Man on foot bridge]

Dr. P. D. Keiser. Showing man on foot bridge. Another figure facing this one has been erased.

GLC02673.21

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [brown and blue wash on textured paper. Panorama of mountain and forest scene]

GLC02673.22

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [watercolor. Two horizons with house]

GLC02673.23

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [pencil. unfinished sketch for waterfall]

GLC02673.24

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [pencil and watercolor in blue. House on tree lined street]

A striking image, done entirely in different shades of blue. The house cannot be identified from any other material --including photographs of the Bachelder home-- in the collection.

GLC02673.25

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [pencil and watercolor. Cemetery cross]

cross with measurements

GLC02673.26

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [pencil. horse rider watching covered wagon]

unfinished sketch in oval. Frontier flavor

GLC02673.27

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [watercolor. Horses and riders outside a rough house with mountains in the background]

Hall & Spaulding. Frontier flavor

GLC02673.28

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [watercolor. panoramic view of #28 showing American flag and outbuildings]

Hall & Spaulding. note on verso. Frontier flavor

GLC02673.29

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [pencil and brown watercolor. Waterfall with fir tree and visitors]

with unfinished pencil sketch of a woman in bed on verso

GLC02673.30

1815-1860

Title: [wood engraving. Charge of the 40th N.Y. (Col. Egan) at the Devil's Den. Gettysburg, July 2d. 1863]

Wood engraving. "Richardson, sc." This engraving appears to be an angle similar to JBB's drawing of the Devil's Den in the Gettysburg sketchbook. GLC# 2670 leaf 5.

GLC02673.31