Heights of Monterey, from the Saltillo Road Looking Towards the City. (From the West.)

Daniel Powers Whiting (1808-1892)

Date

1847
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Drawn on Stone by Frederick J. Swinton

Printed by G. & W. Endicott
Object Format

Portfolio
Dimensions

Image: 12 11/16 x 19 1/2 in.
Sheet: 18 7/8 x 24 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto
l.l.: D.P. WHITING CAPT. 7 [TH]. INF. DEL.
l.r.: On Stone by F. Swinton.
l.c. below title: ("Worth's Division" moving into position under the guns of the enemy, after the action \ of "St. Jeronimo," on the morning of 21st. Sepr.1846)/
l.c.: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1847 by D.P. Whiting in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern district of New York
l.c.: LITH. & PRINTED IN COLORS BY G.&. W. ENDICOTT, NEW YORK.
l.l.descriptive key: 1. Independance (or Castle) Hill. \ 2. Lt. Col. Duncan's Battery of Light Artillery throwing shells \ at the routed Mexican Cavalry. \ 3. City of Monterey. \ 4. "Sierra Silla," "Saddle Mountain."
l.r.: 5. Rancho, (or village) of St. Jeronimo. \ 6. Federation Hill; First position carried by assaukt on the \ afternoon of 21st. Septr. \ N.B. The second Division was composed of one Regt. of Texn Cavalry; \ two Co's. of Texn. Rangers, two Batteries of Lt. Artillery, the "A the 5th. 7th. and 8th. Reg'ts. of Infantry, and one Company \ of Louisiana Volunteers.
l.r. below key: (No. 2)
Credit Line

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

1974.2.3
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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