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Momberger Original Wash Drawing of Shiloh

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:450.00 USD Estimated At:1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD
Momberger Original Wash Drawing of Shiloh
<B>William Momberger Original Wash Drawing of the Battle of Pittsburg Landing (Shiloh) Signed by the Artist.</B></I> This marvelous pen-and-ink illustration measures 7.5” x 4.5” on 9” x 6” card stock, and framed to an overall size of 11.25” x 8”. It shows an action-packed scene in the midst of the battle at Shiloh, with infantry and cavalry soldiers engaged in a fierce battle, with officers shouting orders in the center to left-center while the wounded lay suffering in the foreground. It is a truly enthralling sketch, signed at the bottom-left “<I>W. Momberger del.</B></I>” Momberger was a German-American immigrant and prolific landscape painter and illustrator in the mid-nineteenth century who made chromolithographs and drawings for bank notes, newspapers, and books, in addition to publishing his work in Civil War-related publications. A copy of the engraving made from Momberger's sketch by J. C. McRae of New York, and later included in Abbott's <I>The History of the Civil War in America,</B></I> accompanies this lot. The sketch itself is in fine to very fine condition, with very minimal toning to the paper. One small brown stain can be seen at the top-left, part of it barely inside the body of the sketch, but it does not detract from the overall appeal of this one-of-a-kind display piece from the Battle of Shiloh.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - with Glass, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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