Charles Fenderich
Monterey, As Seen from a House-Top in the Main Plaza, (To the West) October, 1846

Monterey, As Seen from a House-Top in the Main Plaza, (To the West) October, 1846

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Monterey, As Seen from a House-Top in the Main Plaza, (To the West) October, 1846
ArtistAmerican, born Germany, 1805–c. 1887
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Monterey, As Seen from a House-Top in the Main Plaza, (To the West) October, 1846
  • 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
Place depictedMonterrey, Mexico
MediumLithograph with handcoloring on paper
DimensionsImage: 13 × 18 11/16 in. (33 × 47.5 cm)
Sheet: 18 15/16 × 24 in. (48.1 × 61 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Allyson and Steve Cook, and the following West Point graduates: William J. Bowen (1945), Dwight E. Beach (1959), William F. Murdy (1964), Randall M. Pais (1967), Thomas E. White (1967), Robert R. Ivany (1969), Robert S. Frank (1970), James B. Edwards (1971), Richard E. Graf (1971), H. David Ramm (1973), William G. Higgs (1974), and Jack E. McGehee (1974)
Object numberB.2005.18.5
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: D.P. WHITING DEL CAPT. 7TH INF. DEL. / 1. Sierra Madre. / 2. Mitre Mountain. / 3. Height on Federation Hill. } Carried by Storm on the 21st Sept. / 4. Fort Soldado. } by part of the 2nd Division. / 5. Height from which shot was thrown from one of the captured } / nine pounders of the Redoubt, into the main Plaza on the 23rd } By part of the 2nd Division / 6. Height on Independence Hill, taken at daylight on the 22nd. }
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: MONTEREY, / As seen from a house-top in the main Plaza, (to the west.) / October, 1846. / 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. / PRINTED IN COLORS BY G. & W. ENDICOTT NEW YORK.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: ON STONE BY CHAS. FENDERICH. /
7. Bishop's Palace, or Castle and Fort, Stormed on the 22nd. by part of the 2nd Division. / 8. City Police Offices and Prison. / 9. Pass leading to Saltillo.Occupied by the 2nd. Division on the morning of the 21st after the action of St. Jeronimo. / 10. Captured Mexican Cannon. / 11. Quarters of the 7th Infantry. / 12. Convent of St. Francisco. / [No. 1. of a Series.]

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