Charles R. Parsons
Birds-Eye View of the Camp of the Army of Occupation, Commanded by Genl. Taylor. Near Corpus Christi, Texas, (From the North) Oct. 1845.

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Artist Charles R. ParsonsAmerican, 1821–1910

Artistafter Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Powers WhitingAmerican, 1808–1892

PrinterPrinted by G. & W. EndicottNew York

CultureAmerican

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Birds-Eye View of the Camp of the Army of Occupation, Commanded by Genl. Taylor. Near Corpus Christi, Texas, (From the North) Oct. 1845.
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: 18 7/8 × 23 7/8 in. (48 × 60.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by John Blocker, Jr. and Alfred C. Glassell, III at "One Great Night in November, 2005"

Object numberB.2005.18.1

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Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Texas Alcove And Hall

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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.
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Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: D.P. WHITING CAPT. 7TH INF. DEL.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: LITH. AND PRINTED IN COLORS BY G. & W. ENDICOTT N. YORK / Battalion of Artillery. - 8th Infantry - 2nd Dragoons - 7th Inf. - 5th Inf. - Light Artillery. - 3d. Inf. - 4th Infantry – Town / 1st Brigade. 2nd. Brigade. 3d. Brigade / GENL. WORTH. COL. TWIGGS LT. COL. MCINTOSH. COL. WHISTLER. / Birds-eye view of the / CAMP OF THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION, / COMMANDED BY GENL. TAYLOR / Near Corpus Christi, Texas, (from the North) Oct. 1845. / Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1847, by D.P. Whiting in the Clerks Office of the district Court of the Southern district of New York.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: ON STONE BY C. PARSONS.

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