In the foreground, American troops stab, bayonette, and pummel their Mexican enemies while one mounted American soldier battles a mounted Mexican officer. In the near background, a mounted General Taylor directs more American infantry into the battle...
Alternative Title:
Battle of Buena Vista (James Baillie : 1848)
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by James Baillie, 87th St. near 3rd Avenue, N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Topic):
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
Subject: Image of General Winfield Scott on horseback at left, surrounded by troops. He points his sword towards the battle, where cannonballs fly in the air and the ground is covered in thick white clouds of smoke. Battleships are seen in the distanc...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Lith. & Pub. by J. Baillie. 88 St. near 3d. Ave. N. York
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Name):
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 and Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866.
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Campaigns, and Military campaigns
Portrait of Samuel Hamilton Walker in half-length; based on daguerreotype by Brady; body toward right; head toward left in three-quarter profile; wearing tie, vest, jacket, and overcoat
Alternative Title:
Gallant Captain Walker of the Texan Rangers and Captain Walker
Description:
Title from facsimilie signature caption below image.
Publisher:
published by Brady and printed by F. Michelin
Subject (Geographic):
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Subject (Name):
Walker, Samuel Hamilton, 1817-1847 and Texas Rangers
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, Lieutenan...
Description:
Accompanied by a box list.
Subject (Geographic):
Saint Augustine (Fla.) and Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico)
Subject (Name):
Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893, Wool, John Ellis, 1789-1875, Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.), Catedral de Saltillo (Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico), and Templo de San Francisco de Asís (Saltillo, Mexico)
Subject (Topic):
Old City Gates (St. Augustine, Fla.) and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Subject: Central figure on horseback, Major Samuel Ringgold, falls backward with saber falling from hand; horseman, right, turns toward him, as do other soldiers in distance; horseman, left and behind, holds up hand; with fallen soldier, foreground
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Virtue & Co. Publishers
Subject (Geographic):
Texas.
Subject (Name):
Ringgold, Samuel, 1796-1846 and Ringgold, Samuel, 1796-1846.
Subject (Topic):
Palo Alto, Battle of, Tex., 1846, Campaigns and battles, Mexican War, 1846-1848, American, Soldiers, and Horses
Print shows General Winfield Scott, full-length portrait, seated on horseback, facing front, leading triumphant American troops into Mexico City during the Mexican War
Alternative Title:
General Scott's grand entry into the city of Mexico, Sept. 14th, 1847
Description:
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1848, by J. Baillie, in the Clerk's Office of the Dist't. Court of the South'n. Dist't. of N.Y."
Publisher:
Published by James Baillie
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico City (Mexico), Mexico, Mexico City, and Mexico City.
Subject (Name):
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 and Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866.
Subject (Topic):
Military service, History, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Military personnel, and American
Fifteen daguerreotypes attributed to photographer Mathew B. Brady that depict individual seated portraits of prominent men in the United States consisting of presidents, senators and representatives of the United States Congress, justices of the Unite...
Description:
Henry Elias Howland (1835-1913) was born in Walpole, New Hampshire. A graduate of Yale College (1854) and Yale University Law School (1857), he practiced law in New York and was active in municipal politics there.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):
Atchison, David Rice, 1807-1886, Brown, Neill Smith, 1810-1886, Butler, A. P. 1796-1857 (Andrew Pickens),, Calhoun, John C. 1782-1850 (John Caldwell),, Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Davis, John, 1787-1854, Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865, Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, Foote, Henry S. 1804-1880 (Henry Stuart),, McLean, John, 1785-1861, Tallmadge, Nathaniel Pitcher, 1795-1864, Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864, Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850, Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862, and United States. Supreme Court
Subject (Topic):
Officials and employees, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Legislators, Portraits, American, Portrait photography, History, Presidents, Capitol, and White House
Fifteen daguerreotypes attributed to photographer Mathew B. Brady that depict individual seated portraits of prominent men in the United States consisting of presidents, senators and representatives of the United States Congress, justices of the Unite...
Description:
Henry Elias Howland (1835-1913) was born in Walpole, New Hampshire. A graduate of Yale College (1854) and Yale University Law School (1857), he practiced law in New York and was active in municipal politics there.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):
Atchison, David Rice, 1807-1886, Brown, Neill Smith, 1810-1886, Butler, A. P. 1796-1857 (Andrew Pickens),, Calhoun, John C. 1782-1850 (John Caldwell),, Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Davis, John, 1787-1854, Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865, Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, Foote, Henry S. 1804-1880 (Henry Stuart),, McLean, John, 1785-1861, Tallmadge, Nathaniel Pitcher, 1795-1864, Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864, Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850, Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862, and United States. Supreme Court
Subject (Topic):
Officials and employees, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Legislators, Portraits, American, Portrait photography, History, Presidents, Capitol, and White House
