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Captain May's dragoon charge

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Image ID

809225


Item data

Title

Captain May's dragoon charge

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1840s

Names

Doepler, Carl Emil, 1824-1905 (Artist)
Bobbett & Hooper (Wood-engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1854-11

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
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847
Campaigns & battles -- Mexico -- 1840-1849
Cavalry -- American -- Mexico -- 1840-1849
War casualties -- Mexico -- 1840-1849

Genres

Conjectural Works

Notes

Content: Written on border: "Z. Taylor"
Source Note: Harper''s magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 14 x 21 cm. (5 1/4 x 8 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17168667
Barcode: 33333159317847
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 68fb51f0-c531-012f-bcc7-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1854-11

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Captain May's dragoon charge" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/68fb51f0-c531-012f-bcc7-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. Captain May's dragoon charge Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/68fb51f0-c531-012f-bcc7-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Captain May's dragoon charge" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/68fb51f0-c531-012f-bcc7-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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