Frances Flora Bond Palmer
Battle of Buena Vista

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Artist Frances Flora Bond PalmerBritish, 1812–1876, active United States

Artistafter Joseph Horace EatonAmerican, 1815–1896

Printer Henry R. RobinsonAmerican, active 1833–1851

CultureAmerican

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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)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.69.278

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DescriptionThe Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican State of Coahuila, between forces led by Zachary Taylor and Antonio López de Santa Anna, took place on February 22 and 23, 1847. Santa Anna withdrew his troops, leaving the field to the surprised Americans. The outcome helped bolster Taylor’s reputation, helping propel him to the White House in 1849. The English-born artist of this scene, Frances Flora “Fanny” Bond Palmer, would later find employment and considerable success with Currier and Ives.
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.

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