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This is a painting of a battlefield scene with soldiers, smoke, and horses. The image captures a wide expanse of a battle terrain, featuring formations of soldiers both on foot and horseback. The soldiers are lined in ranks across the field, with thick plumes of smoke rising behind them. The front of the scene shows numerous cavalrymen, some on horseback and others leading or managing packs of horses and cattle. The sky above has light clouds suggesting early morning or late afternoon light, casting a somber yet dynamic atmosphere over the scene.
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This is a painting of a battlefield scene with soldiers, smoke, and horses. The image captures a wide expanse of a battle terrain, featuring formations of soldiers both on foot and horseback. The soldiers are lined in ranks across the field, with thick plumes of smoke rising behind them. The front of the scene shows numerous cavalrymen, some on horseback and others leading or managing packs of horses and cattle. The sky above has light clouds suggesting early morning or late afternoon light, casting a somber yet dynamic atmosphere over the scene.

National Gallery of Art · Portfolio

Battle of Palo Alto

Adolphe-Jean-Baptiste Bayot, after Carl Nebel

Date
1851
Medium
hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 27.94 × 42.23 cm (11 × 16 5/8 in.) sheet: 43.5 × 58.42 cm (17 1/8 × 23 in.)
Classification
Portfolio · Print
Accession number
2015.19.3616.1
Credit line
Corcoran Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Portfolio
The War Between the United States and Mexico

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • lithograph
  • War
  • military
  • Soldier
  • Mountains
  • Horses
  • Fire
  • Cannon
  • Wagon
  • Mexico
Provenance

William Wilson Corcoran, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower left on stone: C. Nebel fecit.; lower center on stone: Battle of Palo-alto; lower right on stone: Bayot lith.

Marks

stamped lower left in black ink: Entered / According to Act / of Congress

NGA object ID 216780. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.