John R. Chapin, Painting from Wartime Sketch, Antietam
John R. Chapin, Original Painting from a Wartime Sketch Depicting the Battle of Antietam
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 Report: Not examined outside frame.
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John R. Chapin, Original Painting from a Wartime Sketch Depicting the Battle of Antietam
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 Report: Not examined outside frame.
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