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Sketchbook of 19 Folios, 5 blank, and 12 loose sheets, with Draft Riot Scenes
Sketchbook of 19 Folios, 5 blank, and 12 loose sheets, with Draft Riot Scenes
Artist/Maker

Sketchbook of 19 Folios, 5 blank, and 12 loose sheets, with Draft Riot Scenes

ca. 1860-1880
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Graphite, and black ink and wash on paper
Overall: 4 1/2 x 7 in. ( 11.4 x 17.8 cm )
mat: 4 7/8 x 7 1/4 in. ( 12.4 x 18.4 cm )
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
1943.496
This sketchbook contains sketches made during the New York draft riots of July 1863 during the Civil War along with a few loose sketches of ca. 1877. The sketches are mainly of officers, soldiers, policemen, street groups, and troop encampments. One sketch is entitled Home of The Rioters, and on the reverse is written: "On the 13th of July not a single thief was left in the Five Points.--Capt. John Jourden 6th Ward Metropolitan Police."
DescriptionSketchbook
MarkingsLabel inside cover: "From / Goupil's / 772 Broadway"
InscribedVarious inscriptions
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
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