SANTA ANNA, ANTONIO LÓPEZ DE. Engraved portrait Signed and Inscribed: "Al caballero Charles S. Knox / . . . A.L. de Santa Anna." Approximately 8 3/4x6 3/4 inches; closed tear at fold affecting image, unobtrusive vertical fold through signature. Nassau, 15 February 1871
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1794-1876) was a soldier, patriot and president of Mexico. It was Santa Anna who ordered the attack and subsequent annihilation of the defenders of the Alamo during the Texas campaign of 1836.
