Author: Sandweiss, Martha A. et al.
Title: Eyewitness to War: Prints and "Daguerreotypes of the Mexican War, 1846-1848
Description: Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, 1989. Hardcover. Milk chocolate brown cloth, gilt letters on spine, dark brown & color illus. dust jacket, 368 pp. BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1989-1990 exhibition of depictions of America's war with Mexico. Reveals "how the public's desire to know and the new technology available created a revolution in communications, one that saw the rise of mass-circulation newspapers and a 'wire service' using telegraph and steamship. The authors also explore the fledgling art of photography, review the early daguerreotypists who may have produced the photographs, and examine more than fifty daguerreotypes from the war. The prints, many in full color, are examined for historical accuracy as well as artistry. Together the prints and photographs present a vivid eyewitness history of the Mexican War." (dj) Much to see and consider here. Contents as follows: Part one: prints of northern Mexico and the West. Corpus Christi -- The campaign on the Rio Grande -- Monterrey -- Wool's march -- The seizure of California -- Kearny's Army of the West -- Troop movements in the north -- Buena Vista -- Portraits of Zachary Taylor -- Part two: daguerreotypes taken during the Mexican War. Part three: the war in central and southern Mexico. Lobos Island -- Veracruz -- River expeditions -- Cerro Gordo -- The road to Mexico City -- Contreras and Churubusco -- Molino del Rey and Chapultepec -- Mexico City -- The siege of Puebla -- The occupation -- Index. VG/VG .

Keywords: Photography ; Mexican War Photography ; American History ; ;


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