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Army Portfolio [Descriptive cover]

Daniel Powers Whiting (1808-1892)

Object Details

  • Date

    1847

  • Object Type

    Prints

  • Medium

    Lithograph

  • Object Format

    Portfolio

  • Dimensions

    24 1/8 x 18 3/4 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    ARMY PORTFOLIO. \ BY \ Capt. D.P. WHITING, 7th Inf'y, U.S.A. \ NO. 1 \ CONTENTS. \ Sketch of the Encampment of the U. S. Army at Corpus Christi, Oct. 1845. \ MONTEREY, as seen from a house top on the the East side of the city by the U.S. Forces under Gen'l TAYLOR. \ VALLEY towards SALTILLO, with the rear guard and wagon train of the U.S. Army coming into the Castle after its capitulation. \ HEIGHTS OF MONTEREY, with the 2d Division, commanded by Gen'L Worth, moving into position under the guns of the enemy, after the action of St. JERONIMO. \ View of MONTEREY from Independence HIll, near the BISHOP'S PALACE, with the village of GUADALOUPE and Sierra SILLA, or Saddle Mountain, in the distance.

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    1966.35.1

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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