John R. Chapin, Gouache Depicting Bramhalls Battery
John R. Chapin, Gouache Depicting Bramhall's Battery at Williamsburg
Gouache on paper, approx. 11.5 x 10.75 in. (sight), framed to 16.5 x 17.75 in. Signed lower right, "J.R.C.," and inscribed below, "Chap. III. Bramhall's Battery at Williamsburg. Berdan's sharp shooters in the foreground."
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 Report: Areas of smudging and rogue brushstrokes. Not examined outside frame.
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John R. Chapin, Gouache Depicting Bramhall's Battery at Williamsburg
Gouache on paper, approx. 11.5 x 10.75 in. (sight), framed to 16.5 x 17.75 in. Signed lower right, "J.R.C.," and inscribed below, "Chap. III. Bramhall's Battery at Williamsburg. Berdan's sharp shooters in the foreground."
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 Report: Areas of smudging and rogue brushstrokes. Not examined outside frame.