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The Battle of Palo Alto

The Battle of Palo Alto

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The Battle of Palo Alto
LithographerNew York, active 1846–1857
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Battle of Palo Alto
Date1846
PlaceNew York, United States
MediumHand-colored lithograph on wove paper
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 12 3/8 in. (20.1 × 31.5 cm)
 Sheet: 10 × 14 1/8 in. (25.4 × 35.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.266
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionFought near present-day Brownsville, Texas, the battle of Palo Alto was the first major engagement of the Mexican-American War.  United States officer Major Samuel Ringgold, an artillery tactics pioneer, received mortal wounds in the battle and became a hero in its aftermath.
Provenance[Kennedy Galleries, New York, 1958]; purchased by Miss Hogg; given to MFAH, 1969.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed below image: THE BATTLE OF PALO ALTO. / Which was fought by the American & Mexican armies, on the 8th[th superscript with two periods [..] underneath] May. The Americans proving victorious. Loss of the enemy 300 killed; / number of wounded not known. Loss of the Americans; 43 killed, 103 wounded. Duration of engagement, 5 hours.
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