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Battle of Cerro Gordo

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Image ID

809188


Item data

Title

Battle of Cerro Gordo

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1840s

Names

Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1874
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: Johnson, Wilson & Co.

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-184

Subjects

United States -- 1840-1849
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861
Cerro Gordo, Battle of, Mexico, 1847
Campaigns & battles -- Mexico -- Cerro Gordo -- 1840-1849
Artillery (Troops) -- Mexico -- Cerro Gordo -- 1840-1849

Genres

Prints

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: "From the original painting by Chappel, in the possession of the publishers." "Entered according to act of Congress AD 1874 by Johnson, Wilson & Co. in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."--printed on border.
Content: Source code may be incorrect.
Source Note: Battles of the United States by sea and land : embracing those of the Revolutionary and Indian Wars, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War. (New York : Johnson Fry, 1858) Dawson, Henry B. (Henry Barton) (1821-1889), Author.

Physical Description

Steel engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 22 x 26 cm. (8 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17168667
Barcode: 33333159317474
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 60bec760-c531-012f-d4b1-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1874

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Battle of Cerro Gordo" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1874. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/60bec760-c531-012f-d4b1-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1874). Battle of Cerro Gordo Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/60bec760-c531-012f-d4b1-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Battle of Cerro Gordo" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/60bec760-c531-012f-d4b1-58d385a7bc34

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