C. E. H. Bonwill

Bonwill worked for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper as a ‘Special Artist’ during and for at least some period after the Civil War. Leslie’s published 87 illustrations based on Bonwill’s sketches and drawings, the sixth highest total for Leslie’s and the eleventh highest total for any identified ‘Special Artist’ among the illustrated newspapers during the war. After the Civil War, Bonwill had a successful career providing illustrations for illustrated newspapers and periodicals, including both Leslie’s and Harper’s Weekly; illustrated magazines such as The Manhattan Illustrated Monthly Magazine; and numerous books, including James Grant Wilson’s four-volume The Memorial History of the City of New York published by The New York History Company, in 1892.