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The image shows a military scene with soldiers and horses around cannons and wagons. The figures are positioned on an elevated area overlooking a landscape with distant hills and white smoke. The scene features an expansive valley bordered by rolling hills and tall palm trees. The color palette is warm with earthy tones and pastel hues in the sky. The brushstrokes convey detailed clarity in the composition.
National Gallery of Art · Portfolio
Battle of Cerro Gordo
Adolphe-Jean-Baptiste Bayot, after Carl Nebel
- Date
- 1851
- Medium
- hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
- Dimensions
- image: 27.62 × 42.23 cm (10 7/8 × 16 5/8 in.) sheet: 43.5 × 58.42 cm (17 1/8 × 23 in.)
- Classification
- Portfolio · Print
- Accession number
- 2015.19.3616.5
- 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
- Mountains
- Horses
- 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 Cerro-gordo; lower right on stone: Bayot lith.
Marks
stamped lower left in black ink: Entered / According to Act / of Congress
NGA object ID 216784. 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.