2021-10 Raynors HCA Live
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/15/2021
Steel engraving with etched detail, 35-1/2" x 14 -1/4", plus title and wide margins on a 21 ¼"h x 41 ½"w sheet, uncolored titled, "GETTYSBURG, the Repulse of Longstreet's Assault." Painted by James Walker, Engraved by H.B. Hall Jr., Published by James Drummond Ball. Bachelder was noted for having consulted officers from both sides to ensure its accuracy. Confederate General James Longstreet himself was one of them and he reportedly commended its accuracy in a letter to the artist. " ... The repulse of LONGSTREET's charge was consequently not only the decisive episode of this decisive battle, but of the war ; for this reason, the designer of this painting has chosen it as the subject…" The artist adopted a perspective from the Union rear and encompasses most of the battlefield, from Big Round top on the left to the northern reaches of Cemetery Ridge on the right. The Confederate lines at Seminary Ridge are in the far distance, partially obscured by bursting shells. The image centers on the focal point of the Confederate assault, in the vicinity of what today are known as "The Copse" and "The Bloody Angle." The composition has elements of a classic triptych, with Meade and his officers dominating the center, flanked on either side by artillery advancing into the fray. These are set against the whirlwind of battle, with Union units rushing forward to meet the Confederate advance, and dead and wounded men and horses and debris scattered on the field
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