Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Lithograph |
Title |
General Taylor at the Battle of Resaca De La Palma |
Catalog Number |
1997.29.5 |
Creator |
Currier, Nathaniel |
Date |
1846 |
Material(s) |
Paper |
Dimensions |
H-10 W-14 inches |
Description |
This is a hand tinted lithograph titled "GENERAL TAYLOR AT THE BATTLE OF RESACA DE LA PALMA." It depicts Zachary Taylor riding a white horse, turned in the saddle and pointing his sword behind him, and giving a command to another officer (Officer MAY is what the print's caption calls him) that rides another white horse behind him. Both are wearing blue uniforms, although Taylor wears a feathered bicorne hat while the other officer wears a tall feathered hat. A battle between American infantry and Mexican artillery rages in the background. One dead American soldier lies beside a broken cannon in the immediate foreground, while two more lie dead on the beach behind Taylor and the other officer. The image is surrounded by a black double-line border. Below the border, to the left, is print reading "LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER,." To the lower right is more text reading, "33 SPRUCE ST. N.Y." Still more text resides below the border, this time centered, which reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y." Below this text is the title of the piece, "GENL. TAYLOR AT THE BATTLE OF RESACA DE LA PALMA," in white, outlined in black. Below this is more black text, the caption of the piece: "Capt. MAY receiving his orders to Charge the Mexican Batteries, May 9th 1846. Centered at the base of the piece is a small black "436." |
Notes |
Taylor, the 12th U.S. president, was born in 1784 and died in 1850. Zachary Taylor commanded American forces in the Mexican War and defeated the Mexican Army at Palo Alto in 1846 and Buena Vista in 1847. On the strength of his military reputation, he was elected president in 1849 on the Whig Ticket. He died of typhus fever in 1850. Edmund and Elijah Kellogg operated a publishing house ion Hartford CT. An 1849 newspaper reported that the Kellogg presses "run off daily from 3,000 to 4,000 copies of various popular prints." |
Collection |
Martin F. Schmidt Collection |
People |
Currier, Nathaniel Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 |
Subjects |
Lithographs Prints Wars Presidents Horses Battles Wars |
Search Terms |
Mexican War Mexican War, 1846-1848 Mexican-American War Army Presidents |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |