Born in 1830 in Switzerland, moved to the US in 1846 with his mother and sister, studied architecture in Bern and Basil, moved to Fort Wayne where he became a teacher in 1857, joined the Union army as Captain of the 11th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery in 1861, served in the Western Theater, participating in the Seige4 of Corinth, Battle of Chicamauga and the Chattanooga Campaign, during the Atlanta Campaign he commanded the siege artillery of Army of the Cumberland. After the Civil War, he returned to Fort Wayne prior to moving to Kansas City, Mo. He died in 1907. These two pencil drawings show columns with bases and capitols as you would expect from an architect. The image size is 12 1/2" wide by 17" tall, framed dimensions are 17 1/4" wide by 21 1/4" tall. The drawings show how the columns fit into capitols and bases. One of the drawings is clearly signed lower right A. Sutermeister 1848 and the other may be under the mat but has not been removed. Both drawings bear old Hatrtiesburg, Mississippi framing labels.

Mild acid burning to the paper, otherwise, good condition.