The Attack of the Mexicans from the Chapperal [sic], On the First Division of the Naval Expedition to Tabasco (Mexico.)

Henry Walke (1808 or 1809-1896)

Date

1848
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Published by Sarony & Major
Dimensions

Image: 15 x 21 3/4 in.
Sheet: 22 3/8 x 39 3/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.c.: NAVAL PORTFOLIO. NAVAL SCENES IN THE MEXICAN WAR. BY H. WALKE LIEUT. \ U.S. NAVY. (N[o]. 4)
l.c.: THE ATTACK OF THE MEXICANS FROM THE CHAPPERAL. ON THE FIRST DIVISION \ OF THE NAVAL EXPEDITION TO TABASCO (MEXICO,). \ CONSISTING OF THE U.S. STEAMER SCORPION COM[ORE]. PERRY. \ CAP[T]. BREESE, AND COMA[ER]. BIGELO BOMB BRIG VESUVIUS. COMA[ER]. MAGRUDER. \ BRIG WASHINGTON. LIEU[T]. COMA[ER]. S.S. LEE. WITH A DETACHMENT OF SEAMEN AND \ MARINES IN BARGES FROM THE STEAM FRIGATE MISSISSIPPI; UNDER, COMA[ER]. \ MACKENZIE AND H.A. ADAMS. MARINES COMANDED [sic] BY CAP[T]. EDSON. \ Published \ by Sarony & Major 117 Fulton St. N.Y. \ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by Sarony & Major \ in the Clerks office of the district Court of the Southern district of New \ York.
l.c. in graphite: 4 of 8 109-18
l.r.: Designed & Drawn on stone by H. Walke; L[t]. U.S.N.
l.r. in graphite:4 of 8 109-18
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1976.33.4
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

See more by Henry Walke

This information is published from the Carter's collection database. Updates and additions based on research and imaging activities are ongoing. The images, titles, and inscriptions are products of their time and are presented here as documentation, not as a reflection of the Carter’s values. If you have corrections or additional information about this object please email us to help us improve our records.

Every effort has been made to accurately determine the rights status of works and their images. Please email us if you have further information on the rights status of a work contrary or in addition to the information in our records.