Sketchbook, [188?].

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Sketchbook, [188?].

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Contains 37 leaves of pencil drawings with two drawings executed in black ink. Many of the depictions are portraits, some quite satiric in nature; one is of Guiteau, Garfield's assassin. There are also sailing vessels, river scenes, a pencil rendering of "Base Ball @ Greeley's," dwellings, some butterflies on a page labeled "Day Dreams," a locomotive and train, a sketch labeled "capt. of the Guard in 'Evangeline," and some soldiers. Several of the pages are dated 1880, 1881, and 1884. One page gives Chambers address as 126 Fort Greene Lane, Brooklyn, N.Y.

1 v. (37 leaves) : ill. ; 25 x 38 cm.

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Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William), 1865-1933

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Artist and illustrator; author of romance fiction and military articles and sketches. From the description of An International Affair, undated. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 30676537 Popular New York romance and historical fiction writer; most productive period between 1890 and 1930. From the description of Papers, 1885-1933, 1890-1930 (bulk) (Colgate University). WorldCat record id: 31626943 Novelist and artist. From the descr...