Daguerreotypes of the Mexican War

Twelve daguerreotypes by an unidentified photographer housed in a folding walnut wood case that depict images of the Mexican War, circa 1847-1848. The images include views of United States Army troops, General John Ellis Wool and his staff, Lieutenant Abner Doubleday, the Virginia Regiment and an artillery battalion of Major Lucien Bonaparte Webster in and around Saltillo, Mexico, taken between February 1847 and June 1848. Other images depict Saltillo and include the Templo de San Francisco de Asís, the Parroquia de Santiago (later known as the Catedral de Saltillo), the town plaza and Calle Real. Two views of Saint Augustine, Florida, consist of the of Castillo de San Marcos (also known as Fort Marion) and the Old City Gates at the north end of Saint George Street. One hand-colored daguerreotype is a copy photograph of a detail portion of a lithograph entitled, "Poblanas," created by Emile Lassalle in 1836 based on a drawing by Carl Nebel, which depicts one Mexican man and three young Mexican women