Storming of the Fortress of Chapultepec: at the city of Mexico Sept. 12th 1847 – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Storming of the Fortress of Chapultepec: at the city of Mexico Sept. 12th 1847, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Storming of the Fortress of Chapultepec: at the city of Mexico Sept. 12th 1847
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Few events of the Mexican-American War drew more attention in American print shops than the assault on Chapultepec, the hilltop fortress and military college on the western edge of Mexico City. American troops under Gen. Winfield Scott stormed the position in mid-September 1847, and this hand-colored lithograph by John Cameron, published in New York by Nathaniel Currier that same year, was made while news of the victory was still fresh. Prints like this one gave families at home a dramatic view of distant battles, with smoke, scaling ladders and charging soldiers arranged for maximum drama. The image is useful to historians as a record of how the public was taught to see the war.
| Created / published | New York : Published by N. Currier, c1847. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Artist: John Cameron (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6277 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,109 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175133 |
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