The Battle of Palo Alto--Which was fought by the American & Mexican armies, on the 8th May ... / lith. & pub. by Sarony & Major. – Vintage 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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The Battle of Palo Alto--Which was fought by the American & Mexican armies, on the 8th May ... / lith. & pub. by Sarony & Major. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Battle of Palo Alto--Which was fought by the American & Mexican armies, on the 8th May ... / lith. & pub. by Sarony & Major.
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The Battle of Palo Alto, fought on May 8, 1846, was the first major engagement of the Mexican-American War, and this color lithograph by the New York firm Sarony & Major shows the clash as it was pictured for an eager American public. The battle took place on the coastal prairie of south Texas, where General Zachary Taylor's U.S. Army troops met a Mexican force under Mariano Arista. Printed within months of the fighting, the sheet belongs to a wave of lithographs that turned the war into a vivid, widely circulated story of American arms.
| Created / published | New York : Sarony & Major, c1846. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Copyright by Sarony & Major. |
| Subjects | Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns & battles--Texas--Palo Alto. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,450 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218816 |
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