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Lot 1248
Wesley Webber
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(Massachusetts/California/Maine, 1841-1914)Civil War Study- Wounded Officer, signed lower left "Wesley Webber", oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in.; reproduction carved gilt wood and composition frame, 20-3/4 x 16-3/4 in.Note:ÿ Wesely Webber fought for the Union as a volunteer in the Sixteenth Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.ÿ At the close of the war, as the only artist present at Lee's surrender at Appomattox, his lithographs and engravings of that event brought himÿwidespread fame as an artist., Provenance: Estate of Judge and Mrs. Charles Neese, Greeneville, Tennessee; By Descent to Dr. Rhonda Davis Poirier, New York, New York and Jacksonville, Florida
lined, repaired L-shaped tear canvas recto left side center, withÿassociated re-touch, vertical stretcher mark left side; frame with cracking and wear
