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Description
1998-0306. View of four U. S. transport sailing ships with troups; men in row boats heading towards shore; ship at right identified as "St. Marys" and has sails up; sailing ship in distant background; tents and troups on shore; smoke in background; 1847. Text below print: "On stone by H. Dacre. P. S. Duval, Lith. Philad.a The Island of Lobos. Rendevous of the U. S. Army under General Scott, previous to the Attack on Vera Cruz, February 9th, 1847. Drawn opn the spot by Lieut. C. C. Barton U.S. Navy. Published by P. S. Duval, No. 7 Bank Alley, Philadelphia. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1847, by P.S. Duval, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylv.a" Map insert of the island below print, "Boat Book Draft of the Island of Lobos Gulf of Mexico" in circle at left of map; at right, "LOBOS. Is about one mile round, and a quarter of a mile wide. Covered with Gum and Lime Trees, and hugged up on the Southern side by pretty creeping Vines and wild-Gourds--The Reefs abound with all sorts of beautiful Fish, the Red Groupa, Rock Cod and a specias of Porgee being prominent. C. C. Barton."
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 print : lithograph, hand col. ; 21 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001377324CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVV-0544
Language
English
Subject
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Pictorial works Sailing ships Lobos (Mexico)--Pictorial works Mexico, Gulf of--Pictorial works Prints Lithographs
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