Vertical view showing the heads of four soldiers, with color notation, "blue", beside head, at center left; and an indistinct letter, at top. Verso: various sketches of (1)a clouded sky, several "w's" inscribed at top; (2)a shore with boulders and vegetation emerging from the water, shown horizontally, with "redish - white/ l[ight] b[lue]", the places to which are referred to being marked with circles and strokes, respectively, inscribed in the sky. Date: circa 1863. Dimensions: 42.7 x 24.3 cm (16 13/16 x 9 9/16 in.), irregular. Medium: black chalk on beige paper, charcoal, crayon. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Four Studies of Soldiers, ca. 1863 (CH 18173675)
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