Sketchbook, 1861.

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Sketchbook, 1861.

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Consists of fifty-seven detailed pencil drawings of Philadelphia buildings, signed by an artist, Taylor, in 1861. Shops and businesses, a church, a cemetery wall, taverns and hotels, residences, and schools are depicted. Each is labeled with the building's name and location. Many show scenes of people, including African Americans and Union soldiers, engaged in various activities in front of the buildings. The drawings have been mounted on album pages. The drawings are dated 1861, but the captions were added at later dates, noting when buildings were torn down or rebuilt.

1 v. : ill. ; 34 x 27 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325695

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Taylor, James E., 1839-1901

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William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) was born in Lancaster, Ohio. Orphaned at age nine, he was raised by Thomas Ewing, a U.S. senator who also served as secretary of the treasury and secretary of the interior. He graduated sixth in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Sherman served in the Mexican War, but left the army in 1853. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Sherman accepted a position as a colonel in the regular army. He became well known for his tactics of prope...

Dreer, Ferdinand J. (Ferdinand Julius), 1812-1902

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Ferdinand Julius Dreer, a Philadelphia jewelry manufacturer, philanthropist, and autograph collector. From the description of Papers of Ferdinand J. Dreer, 1719-1936 (bulk 1840-1890). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510338 ...

Taylor.

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Taylor was an artist, who worked in Philadelphia, Pa. at least between April and September, 1861. He may have been James E. Taylor, who was a newspaper illustrator during and after the Civil War. James E. Taylor was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1839, graduated from Notre Dame, and briefly served with the 10th New York Infantry. He then became a newspaper illustrator and was particularly noted for the work he did in the American West after the Civil War. He died in 1901. From the desc...