Mexican rulers, migrating from Matamoras with their treasures – Vintage Print
![Mexican rulers, migrating from Matamoras with their treasures, [New York] : Lith. & pub. by F. & S. Palmer, 43 Ann St., N.Y., c1846. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bd/bdde0d8e3c87-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Mexican rulers, migrating from Matamoras with their treasures, preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Mexican rulers, migrating from Matamoras with their treasures
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A caricature from the early months of the Mexican-American War, this lithograph shows Mexican leaders making off from Matamoros, the Rio Grande city that became a focus of the fighting in 1846, with their valuables in tow. Its publisher, the New York firm F. & S. Palmer, issued many inexpensive comic and topical prints for a broad public, and the record notes that Frances Palmer probably drew it. Such images framed the war in mocking terms, portraying the Mexican government as cowardly and self-serving, so the print is best read as political propaganda as much as a view of events on the ground.
| Created / published | [New York] : Lith. & pub. by F. & S. Palmer, 43 Ann St., N.Y., c1846. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; sheet 30 x 40.9 cm. |
| Genre | 98 Chesnut St. |
| Notes | Title from item. Probably drawn by Frances Palmer. Entered ... 1846 by Thomas Oldham ..." "T.B. Peterson |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,225 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-117606 |
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