Print, Photographic

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

GHS 2390

Description

See back of the frame: "The U.S. Battery during bombardment of Vera Cruz on the 24th and 25th of March 1847." "Painted by M.A. Walke, Lt. U.S.N. Drawn on stone by Pfav. Lithograph by Sarony and Major New York. Object has additional marks, "Entered According to the Act of Congress in the Year 1848 by Sarony and Major in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York...Presented to the Navy by Mrs. Clarence Dillon, Descendent of the Artist, Rear Admiral Walker."

Dimensions

Height

17-1/4 in

Width

21-1/8 in

Depth

5/8 in

Material

Wood, glass, paper

Provenance

Notes

See GHS catalogue: "January 1969. Photogarph of lithograph in the Henry Walke Mexican Museum. See back of picture #314.