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Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894 [Sketchbook of miscellaneous drawings] [word processed inventory available]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02670.02 Author/Creator: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894 Place Written: s.l. Type: Sketchbook Date: circa 1862 Pagination: 1 v. : 7 drawings Height: 24 cm, Width: 32 cm Order a Copy

Includes seven pencil and watercolor sketches. None are identified and all are in different stages of completion. Images include two mountain scenes, a battle scene, a courthouse, soldiers with a cannon, an unidentified town, and infantry on parade. Bound with an unglazed cloth cover.

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

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