Civil War painting, James Hope,

"The Battle of Chickahominy Bluff", the first battle of Seven Days Campaign of 1862 near Richmond, Virginia, unsigned, attributed to James Hope, Scottish/American, 1818-1892, oil on canvas, 27 x 40-1/8 in.; modern gilt wood frame with frame plate. Lined with linen and restretched on new stretcher, crackle, retouch throughout sky, hills at right of center, approximately 20 percent of surface affected; frame with abrasions. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, stock number 114392 (with two labels verso); purchased in the 1990s; Private Collection, Chattanooga, Tennessee