[Drummer boy, taking a rest, Culpeper, Va.] / EF. – Vintage Wall Art
![[Drummer boy, taking a rest, Culpeper, Va.] / EF., [18]63 Sept. 30. — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8b/8b75ff0d1344-L.webp)
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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of [Drummer boy, taking a rest, Culpeper, Va.] / EF.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Drummer boy, taking a rest, Culpeper, Va.] / EF.
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A boy with his drum at rest, sketched in pencil at Culpeper, Virginia, on September 30, 1863, shows a quieter moment than most wartime images of military musicians. Culpeper sat in the Piedmont and had been a crossroads for both armies through 1863, so Union camps there were a common setting for soldiers waiting between marches. Drummers, often boys in their early teens, sounded the signals that structured camp life, from reveille to lights out. The drawing bears the initials "EF," and the record does not identify the artist further.
| Created / published | [18]63 Sept. 30. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | Portrait drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.112) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Drums--1860-1870. Military personnel--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.United States--Virginia--Culpeper |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,821 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222328 |
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