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The image shows an aerial view of a vast landscape. Mountains are visible in the background, and in the foreground, there are soldiers on horseback and wagons moving. Further out, more troops are engaged in battle on a plain leading to the mountains. Smoke rises from the conflict area. The painting is detailed with precise brushstrokes. The color scheme is earthy, with browns, yellows, gray-blue uniforms, and soft pastel sky hues transitioning from light blue to orange at the horizon.
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The image shows an aerial view of a vast landscape. Mountains are visible in the background, and in the foreground, there are soldiers on horseback and wagons moving. Further out, more troops are engaged in battle on a plain leading to the mountains. Smoke rises from the conflict area. The painting is detailed with precise brushstrokes. The color scheme is earthy, with browns, yellows, gray-blue uniforms, and soft pastel sky hues transitioning from light blue to orange at the horizon.

National Gallery of Art · Portfolio

Battle of Buena Vista

Adolphe-Jean-Baptiste Bayot, after Carl Nebel

Date
1851
Medium
hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 27.62 × 42.55 cm (10 7/8 × 16 3/4 in.) sheet: 43.66 × 58.42 cm (17 3/16 × 23 in.)
Classification
Portfolio · Print
Accession number
2015.19.3616.3
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
  • 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 Buena Vista; lower right on stone: Bayot lith.

Marks

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

NGA object ID 216782. 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.