Charles R. Parsons
Valley towards Saltillo, from Near the Base of "Palace Hill," at Monterey. (Looking to the S. West)

Valley towards Saltillo, from Near the Base of "Palace Hill," at Monterey. (Looking to the S. West)

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Valley towards Saltillo, from Near the Base of "Palace Hill," at Monterey. (Looking to the S. West)
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Valley towards Saltillo, from Near the Base of "Palace Hill," at Monterey. (Looking to the S. West)
  • from the Army Portfolio. By Capt. D. P. Whiting, 7th Inf'y, U.S.A. No. 1 (Army Portfolio)
Date1847
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumLithograph with handcoloring on paper
DimensionsImage: 13 × 18 11/16 in. (33 × 47.5 cm)
Sheet: 19 × 23 15/16 in. (48.3 × 60.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Edward R. Allen III and Randolph F. Allen in honor of Christopher Sarofim at "One Great Night in November, 2005"
Object numberB.2005.18.3
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionDaniel Powers Whiting trained as a topographical artist at the United States Military Academy at West Point and served in the 7th U.S. Infantry under General Zachary Taylor during the Mexican-American War. Whiting recorded the Army’s advance from its station in Corpus Christi, Texas, and documented the capture of the Mexican city of Monterrey in 1846.
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: D.P. WHITING CAPT. 7TH INF. DEL. / 1. Mountains of the "Sierra Madre" 8 Miles distant. / 2. Part of "Federation Hill" Position and Breast work, / first carried by assault, on the 21st Sept. 1846. / 3. Road to Saltillo, with the rear guard and wagon train / coming in to the Castle, after its capture on the 22nd.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: VALLEY TOWARDS SALTILLO, / from near the base of "Palace Hill", at Monterey. / (Looking to the S. West.) / Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1847 by D.P. Whiting in the Clerk's Office of the district Court of the Southern district of New York. / G. & W. ENDICOTT LITH N.Y.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: ON STONE BY C. PARSONS / 4. Village of "San Pedro" / 5. "Spur" of "Mitre Mountain", around which the first action / with the Mexican Cavalry was fought, on the morning / of the 21st September. / 6. Part of the base of "Mitre Mountain." / [No. 3.]

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