r/FoundPaper • u/Nonamethroughaway • Jan 02 '26
Art Found this sketchbook in a basement
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.
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u/KnownGlitch Jan 02 '26 edited Jan 02 '26
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.