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Before immigration, Alfred Waud had trained at the
Government School of Design at Somerset House, London, with the intention of becoming a marine painter. He did not achieve this but, as a student, he also worked as a painter of theatrical scenery. He intended to pursue that work in the United States
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Waud was christened Alfred Robert Waud but used
Rudolph as a middle name while living in the United States of America. He was the eldest son of Alfred Waud Sr., born London 1796, and his wife Mary (nÊe) Fitz-John, born 1806 in Lougher, near Swansea, South Wales. Waud had four siblings: Mary Pricilla,
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There a staff of engravers would use the sketches to create engravings on blocks of boxwood. Since the blocks were about 4 inches across they would have to be composited together to make one large illustration. The wood engraving was copied via the
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toward the end of 1861, continuing to cover the war. In 1864 Alfred's brother,
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