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This is a painting of a military scene. The scene includes a group of soldiers in blue uniforms engaged in an artillery operation. Smoke billows from the cannons. There are palm trees in the scene and an American flag displayed. In the background is a fortified city under a pastel-colored sky. The painting features detailed representations of artillery arrangements, soldiers, and military equipment.
National Gallery of Art · Portfolio
Bombardment of Vera Cruz
Adolphe-Jean-Baptiste Bayot, after Carl Nebel
- Date
- 1851
- Medium
- hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
- Dimensions
- image: 27.46 × 42.23 cm (10 13/16 × 16 5/8 in.) sheet: 43.66 × 58.42 cm (17 3/16 × 23 in.)
- Classification
- Portfolio · Print
- Accession number
- 2015.19.3616.4
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CG-W
Portfolio and series
- Portfolio
- The War Between the United States and Mexico
Subjects and terms
- American
- Flag
- lithograph
- War
- military
- Soldier
- Trees
- Horses
- Guns
- Cannon
- Architecture
- 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: Bombardment of Vera-Cruz; lower right on stone: Bayot lith.
Marks
stamped lower left in black ink: Entered / According to Act / of Congress
NGA object ID 216783. 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.