Ernest C. Peixotto

I think that many of these drawings by Ernest C. Peixotto (1869-1940) are quite wonderful.   They are nearly all depictions of historic sites, made during the short period between 1892 and 1898. 

Here are six that I particularly liked --

Cambridge,  1892 (lithographic pencil)

Cliveden,  1896 (ink and ink wash)

Birmingham Meeting House, 1897 (ink wash) (personal favorite)

 

Herkimer,  1897 (ink wash) 

West Point Revolutionary Relics,  1897 (ink wash)

Yorktown,  1898 (ink wash)

 

There is some information about the artist here.   He seems to have been an unusual man.