Mixed media on card; pencil, ink, watercolor, gouache. Both apparently unsigned (pencil mark OdEB), the larger appears to be an early version or skillful copy of the image featured in an etching on Harper's Weekly cover, December 27th 1862, titled "The Attack on Fredericksburg: The Forlorn Hope Scaling the Hill"; That edition and story featured two additional Fredericksburg plates attributed to Nast, as well as a harrowing account of Norman J. Hall' and the Massachusetts 19th Infantry gallant siege across the river. 10 3/4" x 10". The other on linen backed paper with original loose matting, the grim image showing troops or prisoners pulling a cart with corpses, most likely in the same hand and depicting a different side of the same scene as the other. 4 3/4" x 7 3/4" (sight), on 8 1/2" x 9 1/2" card.

Please ask all questions prior to bidding, additional photos and condition reports are available for all lots. The absence of a condition report does not guarantee excellent condition or imply an object is free of defects. All items may have normal signs of age and wear commensurate with their age. Condition reports are provided as a courtesy, and we are not responsible for any errors or omissions. Peterborough Auctions LLC makes no guarantees to the exact weights, measurements, age, materials, etc. All descriptions are the opinion of Peterborough Auctions LLC only.