Between the Covers

Unbound. Two illustrations depicting Confederate Civil War scenes from the 19th Century illustrator Henry Pruett Share. Watercolor and gouache on stiff paper. The first depicts a scene of camp life with a dozen South Carolina troops by tents overlooking a lake, cooking, smoking, and tending their weapons with a "South Carolina and State Rights" banner visible in the background. It measures approximately 12.25" x 8.75" and is Signed "H.P.S." in lower right corner. Small chips and tears at the extremities, barely encroaching on the image, very good or better. The other illustration shows a motley crew of Confederate soldiers marching interspersed with riding officers accompanied by several quartermaster's wagons. It measures approximately 11.5" x 10.5" and is Signed "H.P. Share. '80" in lower right corner. One short tear, else fine.

Share was born in Los Angeles in 1853 and graduated from the Art Student League of New York. He was a successful illustrator who was published in *Scribner’s Monthly*, *Harper’s*, *Century*, and other popular magazines of the day. He served as art editor for several New York newspapers, including *The New York World*, *The New York Herald*, and *The New York Journal*. He died at the relatively young age of 52 in Flatbush, Long Island in 1905.

Item #383771