Colonel John Whitehead Peard: commonly known as Garibaldi's Englishman

Original watercolor signed and dated Aug. 22d 1860 by Nast; full-length figure of officer outdoors, small soldier figures resting in background. Originally not thought to be Garibaldi but in letter of January 18, 1989 from Mr. Draper Hill, identified as being the English Garibaldi enthusiast Colonel John Whitehead Peard. Accompanied by 2 photostats from the New York Illustrated News of October 27, 2860, and November 3, 1860, showing this watercolor as reproduced in a wood engraved plate in that journal and 1 wood engraved illustration of seated portrait of Nast outdoors; inserted loose in mat with original watercolor. Original watercolor signed and dated Aug. 22d 1860 by Nast; full-length figure of officer outdoors, small soldier figures resting in background. Originally not thought to be Garibaldi but in letter of January 18, 1989 from Mr. Draper Hill, identified as being the English Garibaldi enthusiast Colonel John Whitehead Peard. Accompanied by 2 photostats from the New York Illustrated News of October 27, 2860, and November 3, 1860, showing this watercolor as reproduced in a wood engraved plate in that journal and 1 wood engraved illustration of seated portrait of Nast outdoors; inserted loose in mat with original watercolor. Upright medium folio, matted; no margins; clean, slight foxing New York, Rockman Prints, 1955.