GRINNELL — More than 100 original drawings by Civil War era artist-reporters will be on display at Grinnell College’s Faulconer Gallery, opening Aug. 31.

“Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker Collection,” a travelling exhibition from Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art, includes hundreds of drawings by Joseph Becker and his colleagues, 19th-century artists who worked as artist-reporters for “Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,” observing, drawing and sending back for publication images from the camps and battlefields of the Civil War.

“These artist-reporters were the embedded journalists of their day. Joseph Becker was one of these artists, and his collection of historical art had gone unnoticed until first shown in 2009,” said Daniel Strong, associate director of the gallery and curator of exhibitions. “Engagement with the college curriculum is also one of our objectives, and this show lends itself well to engaging with faculty and students, as well as those interested in early American history.”