Watercolor with gouache on paper, approx. 10.5 x 14 in. (sight), framed to 19.25 x 22 in. Signed lower left, "J.R. Chapin," and inscribed on mat, "Chap. II / 'Pulling Mud in Virginia.'"

John R. Chapin (1823-1904) 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.