A color print of a locomotive on a high bridge in the distance going over a lush green canyon.

Barranca de Metlac.

Casimiro Castro (1826-1889)

Date

1877
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Chromolithograph
Dimensions

Image: 9 3/8 x 13 15/16 in.
Sheet: 13 9/16 x 19 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.c.: ALBUM DEL FERRO-CARRIL MEXICANO.
u.r.: Lam[a]. XII.
l.l.: C. Castro pin[o].
l.c.: Propiedad de Victor Debray y C[a]. editores e impresores. \ BARRANCA DE METLAC.
l.r.: Crom[o]. por A. Sigogne.
Credit Line

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

1971.55.14
Copyright

Public domain

Puente Nuevo by Justin Favela

September 10, 2019–November 15, 2020

Commissioned for the reopening of the Carter, Puente Nuevo is an immersive experience of large-scale artwork made from the materials used to construct piñatas.

Location: Off view

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