Texans killing their horses in the mountains for sustenance – Antique Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Texans killing their horses in the mountains for sustenance. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Texans killing their horses in the mountains for sustenance
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Few images in the gallery show hunger as bluntly as this engraving, which depicts Texans slaughtering their horses in the mountains to stay alive. It was printed as an illustration in the *Journal of the Texan Expedition against Mier*, published in 1845, which recounted a failed 1842 campaign into northern Mexico. The Texan force, cut off and poorly supplied, surrendered near Mier in December 1842, and its men were marched south as prisoners. Horses were vital on the frontier, so their slaughter marks the point where the animals that had carried the expedition became its last source of food.
| Created / published | 1845 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Journal of the Texan Expedition against Mier, 1845. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Texas--Salado--1842; U.S. Hist.--1845; Tex.--Solodo; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,105 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150629 |
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