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RARE Gettysburg July 2d 1863, CEMETERY & CULP'S HILL lith.1868 F. A. WENDEROTH

$ 145.19

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Condition: Used
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    VERY RARE Gettysburg July 2d 1863 lithograph. Measures in the frame 28" x 34".  I have only found one other lithograph like this one at Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Digital Library (Jay T. Last Collection).
    Image of Major General George Meade and other Union officers on horses at Cemetery Hill and Culp’s Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War; wounded soldiers in foreground, tattered flags and smoke from fires rising in background. Names of participants are at bottom margin and to name a few are Genl Barstow, Maj. Jas Starr, Col Chapman Biddle, Lt. Col. Charls Waiaden, Cap. E N Carpenter, Genl Geary.
    “W. Boell Lith. Philadelphia” bottom left of image.
    “Copyright secured / F. A. Wenderoth / 1868 in stone bottom left of image.
    This extremely rare treasure is in need of professional cleaning and restoration.