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Monterey, As Seen from a House-Top in the Main Plaza, (To the West.) October, 1846

Daniel Powers Whiting (1808-1892)

Object Details

  • Date

    1847

  • Object Type

    Prints

  • Medium

    Toned lithograph with applied watercolor

  • Contributors

    Drawn on Stone by Charles Fenderich

    Printed by G. & W. Endicott

  • Object Format

    Portfolio

  • Dimensions

    Image: 13 x 18 13/16 in.
    Sheet: 18 7/8 x 24 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l.: D.P. WHITING DEL CAPT. 7 [TH]. INF. DEL.

    l.c.: MONTEREY, \ As seen from a house-top in the main Plaza, (to the west.) \ October, 1846.

    l.c., below title: 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. \ PRINTED IN COLORS BY G. & W. ENDICOTT NEW YORK.

    l.l. descriptive key: 1. Sierra Madre. \ 2. Mitre Mountain. \ 3. Height on Federation Hill Carried by Storm on the 21st. Sept. \ 4. Fort Soldado by part of the 2d. Division. \ 5. Height from which shot was thrown from one of the captured \ nine pounders of the Redoubt, into the main Plaza on the 23d. By part of the 2d. Division. \ 6. Height on Independence Hill, taken at daylight on the 2d.

    l.r.: ON STONE BY CHAS. FENDERICH. \ N[o]. 1 of a Series.

    l.r.: 7. Bishop's Palace, or Castle and Fort, Stormed on the 22d. by part of the 2d. Division \ 8. City Police Offices and Prison. \ 9. PaCaptured Mexican Cannon. \ 11. Quarters of the 7th. Infantry. \ 12. Convent of San Francisco.

    l.r. below key: [No.1 of a Series.]

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    1974.2.2

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

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