Grant at the Capture of the City of Mexico – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Grant at the Capture of the City of Mexico brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Grant at the Capture of the City of Mexico
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Here Grant is shown at the capture of Mexico City, the Mexican capital that American forces entered in September 1847 after a campaign led by Winfield Scott. Grant was then a young second lieutenant, and his service in the war gave him his first close look at army life and combat. In his later memoirs he criticized the conflict as an unjust war waged for territory, so the picture is worth viewing alongside that later judgment. For Americans at the time it marked a national triumph, while for Mexico it was a painful defeat.
| Original scan | 6,544 × 8,704 px · prints to 22 × 29 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02027u |
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