A color print of a military camp, consisting of many rows of white A-frame tents, on a beach with a body of water in the background.

Birds-Eye View of the Camp of the Army of Occupation, Commanded by Genl. Taylor. Near Corpus Christi, Texas, (From the North) Oct. 1845.

Charles Parsons (1821-1910), Daniel Powers Whiting (1808-1892)

Date

1847
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Object Format

Portfolio
Dimensions

Image: 12 3/8 x 19 3/8 in.
Sheet: 18 7/8 x 24 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: D.P. WHITING CAPT. 7[TH]. INF. DEL.
l.c.: LITH. AND PRINTED IN COLORS BY G.&. W. ENDICOTT N. YORK.
l.c.: Battalion of Artillery.-8th Infantry-2nd. Dragoons.-7th. Inf.-5th. Inf.-Light Artillery.-3rd. Inf.-4th. Infantry-Town. \ 1st. Brigade. 3d. Brigade \ Genl. Worth. Col. Twiggs Lt. Col. Mc.Intosh. Col. Whistler.
l.c.: Bird's-Eye View of the \ CAMP OF THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION, \ COMMANDED BY GEN[L]. TAYLOR. \ Near Corpus Christi, Texas, (from the North) Oct 1845.
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.
l.r.: ON STONE BY C. PARSONS
verso:
u.l. in graphite: TA 9. 11
l.r. in graphite: a98107
Credit Line

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

1974.2.1
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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