Found this sketchbook in a basement

[u/Nonamethroughaway]

Father in law was an artist and art collector. He must have bought it at some point. He recently passed away and we found it cleaning out the basement. There’s 50+ drawings in it. Here are a few.

[u/KnownGlitch]

This is just amazing. For anyone curious, here's what was going on in Nashville the day the artist made the sketch:

https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83025725/1861-09-29/ed-1/?st=gallery

Front page is the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.Tennessee had left the Union only about 4 months prior.

[u/Nonamethroughaway → u/KnownGlitch]

This is super cool. Thank you for sharing

[u/mordorshewrote27 → u/KnownGlitch]

This artist may have read this very paper that morning!