Object Details
- Description
"Morning Guard" sketch from artist's sketchbook used in the documentary The True Story of 'Glory' Continues. This charcoal sketch depicts soldiers standing at attention. This is part of a set of sketches from "A Swamp Angel's Sketchbook,” which contains concepts for the film Glory.
Glory was the first film to illustrate the involvement of African American soldiers in the Civil War. The film follows the story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the first African American Union regiment organized in the North during the Civil War, and culminates in the Battle at Fort Wagner.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Paul Culberg
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- graphite (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 1/4 in x 11 in; 33.655 cm x 27.94 cm
- Object Name
- sketch
