Major Dix at the Battle of Buena Vista

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Title: Major Dix at the Battle of Buena Vista
Creator: Warren, Henry, 1794-1879, artist
Contributor: Armytage, James Charles, 1802-1897, engraver.
Published / Created: [1861?]
Publication Place: London & New York, England London, and United States New York (State) New York
Publisher: George Virtue
Abstract: Print shows close combat battle scene with Major Dix struggling to hold the American flag, in center foreground; with fallen men and horse; men fighting with long guns, lances, and sabers
Description: BEIN BrSides Zc50 861wa copy 1: On sheet 20.4 x 29.0 cm. State without imprint letters.
BEIN BrSides Zc50 861wa copy 2: On sheet 21.8 x 26.3 cm. State with imprint letters.
Title from caption below image.
State without imprint letters issued in Tomes, Robert. Battles of America by land and sea (New York: Virtue & Company, 1861), volume 3, plate ahead of page 399.
Extent: 1 print : 11.8 x 16.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Pictorial works
Prints
Steel engravings
Illustrations
Material: steel engraving ;, paper, ink, steel engraving, and single sided
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Buena Vista, Mexico
Mexico.
Subject (Name): Dix, John A. 1798-1879 (John Adams),
Subject (Topic): Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847
Campaigns and battles
Mexican War, 1846-1848
American
Soldiers
Flags
Arms and armament
Subjects: Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879 > Portraits
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847 > Pictorial works
Buena Vista, Mexico > Pictorial works
Mexico
Campaigns and battles > Mexico
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Campaigns and battles > American > Mexico
Soldiers > Mexican War, 1846-1848
Flags
Arms and armament > Mexican War, 1846-1848

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