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A Colored Pencil Drawing of General John Singlet

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
A Colored Pencil Drawing of General John Singlet
<B>A Watercolor Drawing of General John Singleton Mosby's Raid at Catlett's Station</B></I> This striking battle sketch was done by Alfred Von Erickson of Fredericksburg, Virginia, a wartime Confederate artist, Erickson followed the events of the Civil War documenting the battles and historical engagements near his home. In this 14” x 11” walnut-framed watercolor and pencil drawing titled Mosby's Men Destroying The Railroad Train at Catlett's Station, May 28, a band of Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby's raiders are seen atop a hill riding from the scene of railroad cars they have just burned in the background. Fellow raiders also are shown still at the scene but making their escape.<BR><BR>Alfred Von Erickson's paintings were such important accounts of Mosby's activities during the war that the sketches were used to make woodcuts to be used in Mosby Raider Lieutenant J. G. Beckham's book Life of Mosby published in 1866. This watercolor and pencil work is in very good condition with slight foxing at the right. The colors are still very strong and the work is protected by glass and is in a period walnut frame. It is signed <I>'A. E. Pencil sketch Fredericksburg, Va.'</B></I> at bottom right.<BR><BR> <B>Provenance:</B></I> <I>The Tharpe Collection of American Military History</B></I><BR> <BR><B>Exhibited:</B></I> <I>The Liberty Heritage Society Museum</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - with Glass, Medium (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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