Artist
Frances Flora Bond Palmer(British, 1812–1876, active United States)British, 1812–1876, active United States
Artistafter
Joseph Horace Eaton(American, 1815–1896)American, 1815–1896
Printer
Henry R. Robinson(American, active 1833–1851)American, active 1833–1851
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Battle of Buena Vista
Date1847
PlaceNew York, United States
MediumChromolithograph on wove paper
DimensionsImage: 18 5/8 × 28 3/4 in. (47.2 × 73 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/8 × 30 1/2 in. (56.2 × 77.5 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/8 × 30 1/2 in. (56.2 × 77.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.278
Non exposé
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Provenance[Kennedy Galleries, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1958; given to MFAH, 1969.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in printed white ink, in image, bottom left corner: F. PALMER
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: FROM A SKETCH TAKEN ON THE SPOT BY MAJOR EATON, AID DE CAMP TO GENL. TAYLOR.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA. / VIEW OF THE BATTLE_GROUND AND BATTLE OF “THE ANGOSTURA” FOUGHT NEAR BUENA VISTA, MEXICO FEBRUARY: 23RD 1847. (LOOKING S. WEST.) / Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year of 1847. By H. R. Robinson, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern Distt of N. York.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: LITH. PUB. & PRINTED IN COLORS BY H.R. ROBINSON, 142. NASSAU ST. N. YORK.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: FROM A SKETCH TAKEN ON THE SPOT BY MAJOR EATON, AID DE CAMP TO GENL. TAYLOR.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA. / VIEW OF THE BATTLE_GROUND AND BATTLE OF “THE ANGOSTURA” FOUGHT NEAR BUENA VISTA, MEXICO FEBRUARY: 23RD 1847. (LOOKING S. WEST.) / Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year of 1847. By H. R. Robinson, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern Distt of N. York.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: LITH. PUB. & PRINTED IN COLORS BY H.R. ROBINSON, 142. NASSAU ST. N. YORK.
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