Valley Towards Saltillo, from Near the Base of "Palace Hill," at Montery. (Looking to the S. West.)

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

Date

1847
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Printed by G. & W. Endicott
Object Format

Portfolio
Dimensions

Image: 12 7/16 x 19 7/16 in.
Sheet: 19 x 24 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: D.P. WHITING CAPT. 7[TH]. INF. DEL.
l.c.: VALLEY TOWARDS SALTILLO, \ from newr the base of "Palace Hill," at Montereyl. \ (Looking to the S. West.)
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. \ G. & W. Endicott LITH N.Y.
l.l. descriptive key: 1. Mountains of the "Sierra Madre" 8 Miles distant. \ 2. Part of "Federation Hill" Position and Breast work, \ first carried by assault, on the 21st. Sepr. 1846. \ 3. Road to Saltillo, with the rear guard and wagon train \ coming in to the Castle, after its capture on the 22nd.l.r.: 4. Village of "San Pedro" \ 5. "Spur" of "Mitre Mountain," around which the first action \ with the Mexican Cavalry was fought, on the morning \ of the 21st. September. \ 6. Part of the base of "Mitre Mountain.
l.r. below key: (No.3.)
l.r.: ON STONE BY C. PARSONS
l.r. descriptive key
l.r.: (
Credit Line

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

1974.2.4
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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