1858: Burleigh K. Jones has some fun times planned for May Day, but life around the capital still seems unbearably dull… (Drawn by guest artist Althea Barton)
Category Archives: Concord
Swett 2: Concord Train Station
1865: In which we meet a colorful local character…
Gen. John Adams Dix (State House)
A nine-foot-tall portrait of NH native John A. Dix, who, as President Buchanan’s Secretary of the Treasury, set “the hearts of the people everywhere ablaze”… NEXT: The famous “Shoot Him On the Spot” memo >> John Adams Dix (born in Boscawen, 1798) issued what the NY Herald called “the first command to shed blood thatContinue reading “Gen. John Adams Dix (State House)”
Harriet Patience Dame (State House)
From a portrait at the NH State House.
Col. Joseph Cilley (State House)
From a portrait at the NH State House.
John Hale Statue (Concord)
John P. Hale was a radical anti-slavery Republican during the Civil War.
John Stark Statue (Concord)
Sketching statues on the State House lawn today, I found myself drawn to Major General John Stark’s defiant stance beneath the falling maple leaves…
NHTI Parking Lot (Concord)
A back parking lot at the New Hampshire Technical Institute contains at least one surprising vehicle …
Civic Ignorance (w/ Justice David Souter)
A comics discussion with former Supreme Court Justice David Souter…
Daniel Webster Statue (Concord)
Sketch of the Daniel Webster statue in front of the NH State House:
State House Facade (Concord)
Here’s a QUICK SKETCH of the State House East Facade, with special surprise reading… I just could not help but notice that, even though I’ve spent countless hours drawing in tons of churches and cathedrals, I have simply never before encountered an actual BIBLE READING MARATHON… until I sat down on the NH State HouseContinue reading “State House Facade (Concord)”
5th NH: Deployment (1861)
The 5th NH suffers its first casualty on the train from Concord, long before the first battle…
Live Free and Draw 