Edgar S. Yergason's 1859 Double Sided Drawing with Boy Shooting Squirrel

Regular price $20.00

This is the second of three drawings I'm listing by Edgar S. Yergason, which I found together and signed the back of one of them. A quick searched reveals that Yergason went on to fight in the  Civil War, and to become a well known interior designer in Hartford, CT. think he showed brilliance at a very young age, giving great life to the  trees of various sorts here, and best of all this determined hunter marching straight up hill, shooting as he goes (and, it looks to me, nailing a tiny squirrel in the first tree)! And then on reverse, more good trees and a house, with flag waving reading I'm not quite sure what.  My photos are not great but It should be noted that this 1859 graphite drawing is a bit faint--and so it is one that very much rewards close looking. 

8 1/8” w x 8 1/4” t. Horizontal fold and toning as evident, with tiny holes down one edge from where it was stitched into a notebook and some staining to one bottom corner.