Print shows General Winfield Scott upon victory over Mexican forces at Contreras, Mexico, in August 1847; Scott on a light-colored horse, with plumed tricorn hat held high, center; with soldiers, some fallen, some bandaged, most standing and waving caps; cannon, left
Alternative Title:
General Scott at Contreras
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BEIN WA Prints 324: On sheet 18.9 x 29.0 cm., BEIN WA Prints 325: On sheet 21.3 x 25.9 cm., Title from caption below image., and Another state issued with imprint letters below caption "Virtue, Emmins & Co., publishers, N.Y." and below that statement "Entered according to act of Congress AD 1859 by John Emmins in the clerk's office of the United States for the Southern District of New York" issued in Tomes, Robert. Battles of America by land and sea (New York: Virtue & company, 1861), volume 3, plate facing page 499.
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "Going for reinforcements." Depicts a scene of battle between Native Americans and U.S. Army troops in the west in which two soldiers are galloping on horses away from Native Americans who are in pursuit
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BEIN WA Print +214: In lower left corner of print, blind stamped: Copyright 1901 by Chs. Schreyvogel., Title from the oil painting on which the print is based., and Imprint devised by cataloger from an advertisement in Publishers’ Weekly (No. 1817; Nov. 24, 1906) for prints by Charles Schreyvogel of western frontier life by Moffat, Yard, & Company of New York.
Lithograph reproduces Von Schmidt's painting that depicts the battle at Little Bighorn; in foreground center U.S. soldier holds up regimental flag surrounded by dismounted troopers under attack by mounted Native Americans; villages and natural landscape in distance. The lyrics to Garryowen, the 7th U.S. Cavalry's regimental song, are printed below the image
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In facsimile of artist's hand below image:On left, artist's proof; on right: for the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library / Eric Von Schmidt '89., Title from caption below image., and Within image of original painting in lower right, signed: Von Schmidt, 1971-76.
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "How kola." Depicts a scene of battle between Native Americans and U.S. Army troops. Troupers riding directly at viewer with a fallen Native American and horse about to be trampled by trouper on horseback in the foreground
Description:
Title from the oil painting on which the print is based., Imprint devised by cataloger from an advertisement in Publishers’ Weekly (No. 1817; Nov. 24, 1906) for prints by Charles Schreyvogel of western frontier life by Moffat, Yard, & Company of New York., and In hand at bottom left corner of print: Copyright 1901 by Chas Schreyvogel.
Reproduction of a drawning by Seth Eastman that depicts in the foreground a European American on foot hunting buffalo with a long gun. The scene is of the rolling, grassy plains with bison in the distance. The upper two-thirds of the image are of sky