Gouache on paper, approx. 4 x 12 in. (sight), framed to 9 x 17 in. Initialed lower left, "J.R.C.," with card remnant attached to frame verso reading, "Chap. XXI Gettysburgh / Attack on Little Round Top."

John R. Chapin (1823-1907) was an accomplished nineteenth-century artist and illustrator from New York whose work appeared in publications such as Harper's Weekly. He was also a noted Civil War field artist who produced the famous sketch The Surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, April 12, 1865, which is housed at the Library of Congress.