On July 28, Gray's Auctioneers will be selling lot 177, a rare Civil War painting from1865 entitled 'Our Flag is There'. The signature is indecipherable however the Gray's appraisal team has discovered a sketch by Thomas Nast which was featured on the cover of Harper's Weekly, February 13, 1864. The sketch is an exact study for the painting. Thomas Nast famously caricatured political figures of his day and was declared the father of the American cartoon for his work at Harpers. He is ...
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