An Artist's Story: Civil War Drawings by Edwin Forbes October 7, 2012

At 23, Edwin Forbes joined a corps of artists sent to Virginia to capture scenes of the Civil War for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. His sketches helped to shape public perceptions--then and now--of the American Civil War. This exhibition features over than 120 original pen-and-ink drawings that Forbes used to illustrate his book, 'Thirty Years After: An Artist's Story of the Great War.'