Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 308

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(MEXICAN WAR.) Jones, Alfred, engraver; after Richard C. Woodville. Mexican News. Engraving, 25 1/2 x 22 inches; minor edge wear and toning, a few small abrasions in image area. New York: American Art-Union, 1853
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Citizens reacting to the latest news from Mexico on the steps of the American Hotel. Woodville's patriotic 1848 painting captured the excitement behind the young nation's first territorial conquest. An African-American laborer on the steps seems unable to muster the same enthusiasm.