Attack on the City of Mexico.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (American, 1840 - 1867)

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (American, 1840 - 1867)

PublisherPublished by D. Needham (American, 1808 - 1888)

Date1847-1848

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/16 x 12 3/8in. (20.5 x 31.4cm) Sheet (height x width): 10 x 14 1/16in. (25.4 x 35.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

Object number1948.13.26

DescriptionOfficers in military uniforms on horseback are in an open area in front of the walls of a city. At the left, an artillery crew stands beside a cannon. Cannon balls are on the ground nearby. Dead or wounded men lie in the foreground. A single soldier stands at the far left. At the right, three soldiers with muskets with fixed bayonets advance towards the city walls. Another soldier carries a wounded comrade back towards the left. Additional ranks of soldiers advance behind them. One man carries an American flag. A pile of rocks and lumber in the left foreground may be a barricade. A Mexican flag flies from the battlements in the background. A palm tree and two church steeples are visible above the smoke of battle.

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