The man to the right is Mr. Alfred Waud. He & his brother were artists who worked for large, East coast newspapers during the Civil War.I am spending the weekend with the Waud brothers.
Next week, maybe Thomas Nast, and the week after that, Mr. Winslow Homer. Then I will be looking South for their Confederate counterparts.
At some point I will be weekending with Paul Philippoteaux, of Gettysburg Cyclorama fame.
It was these brave man who were pioneers in the then-quickly expanding field of war correspondent. They are an amazing group, collectively--and even more amazing individually.
Now, of course, we have I-reporters . . .
Where did Thomas Nast go and what did he do in 1860?
ReplyDeleteThat's what I am going to find out! The guys at ECW post such good stuff, and the guy who does " Civil War Daily Gazette" does such a good job with images--"good" being slightly overused here--and in my own work, I see so much of Waud's work, that I decided maybe we should ALL know more about the art & the artists.
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