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Castle of Chapultepec – Vintage Print

Castle of Chapultepec, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
Castle of Chapultepec, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare historic print captures Castle of Chapultepec in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Castle of Chapultepec

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Few sites in Mexico City carry as much weight as Chapultepec Castle, the hilltop fortress shown here, which rises above the park on a rocky outcrop. It began as a late eighteenth-century viceregal summer residence, later housed a military academy, and in September 1847 its cadets made a final stand against U.S. forces during the Mexican-American War. The shelflist card names Klauprech & Menzel's as the associated publisher, but that attribution and the print's date are unverified, so the view is best read as a depiction of the building and its setting.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Klauprech & Menzel's.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,050 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-113110

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