Gouache, approx. 9.5 x 6 in. (sight), framed to 18.125 x 15.75 in. Signed lower right and inscribed on mat, "Chap IX Full page / Sharpsburgh [sic] & battle of Antietam [as seen from near Lee's headquarters] from a wartime sketch." John R. Chapin (1823-1904) was an accomplished nineteenth-century artist and illustrator from New York whose work appeared in publications such as Harper's Weekly. He was also a noted Civil War field artist who produced the famous sketch The Surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, April 12, 1865, which is housed at the Library of Congress. Condition: Not examined outside frame.
Gouache, approx. 9.5 x 6 in. (sight), framed to 18.125 x 15.75 in. Signed lower right and inscribed on mat, "Chap IX Full page / Sharpsburgh [sic] & battle of Antietam [as seen from near Lee's headquarters] from a wartime sketch." John R. Chapin (1823-1904) was an accomplished nineteenth-century artist and illustrator from New York whose work appeared in publications such as Harper's Weekly. He was also a noted Civil War field artist who produced the famous sketch The Surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, April 12, 1865, which is housed at the Library of Congress. Condition: Not examined outside frame.
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