Presented in this lot is an Original Gilbert Gaul, "Waiting For The Dawn", Lithograph, 1907, Southern Art Publishing Company. Confederate soldiers are seen wrapped in blankets, some alseep on the ground, others sitting around campfires or standing on a battlefield. Dead Union soldiers bodies are scene strewn on the battlefield where and how they fell along with dead horses. Both the living and the dead await the dawn and the inevitable return to fighting. The scene depicts the horrible deprivation experienced by Confederate soldiers. William Gilbert Gaul (1855-1919) was a late 19th and early 20th century American painter and illustrator of military subjects ranging from the American Civil War to World War I, as well as American Western vistas and scenes. Gaul was commissioned to paint 12 paintings by the short-lived Southern Arts Publishing Company for a book of which only 7 were printed because the company soon went out of business. The lithograph is titled at the center bottom border, signature and publisher printed on bottom left corner. The lithograph is in very nice condition, the wood frame exhibits scuffing on the edges. Visible art measures 17.5"W x 23.5"L, frame is 21"W x 26.75" x 1.5"D. Weight is 5lb, 12oz.