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Valley towards Saltillo, from near the base of "Palace Hill," at Monterey ... No. 3 of a Series by WHITING, Daniel Powers
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Book description: New York: G & W Endicott, 1847. First edition. Color lithograph. Overall sheet size: 17 x 22 1/4 inches (430 x 566 mm); image size: 15 x 20 inches (380 x 508 mm). Professionally matted, glazed, and framed in a period-style frame of 24 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches (622 x 750 mm). Excellent. A stunning, notably clean and bright copy of this excessively rare Mexican War view from Whiting's Army Portfolio, originally published in only twenty-four sets with each containing just five prints. The Portfolio not only contains among the most beautiful views of the Mexican War, and represents one of only three primary records of the war, but also is among the rarest of American color plate books. Although Whiting intended to continue the series beyond five plates, his original drawings were lost aboard a steamboat that sank in the Mississippi. "If you have not heard of Captain Daniel P. Whiting's Army Portfolio (entered for copyright in 1847) it is not surprising, because it is apparently all but unknown to bibliographers, who are either silent or misinformed about it. Captain Whiting was with General Zachary Taylor's army in the war against Mexico. An artist as well as an officer, he made excellent drawings of the scenes of Taylor's campaign and five of these were eventually reproduced as lithographs by G. & W. Endicott of New York ... Late in 1845 General Taylor's army was encamped at Corpus Christi, Texas. It advanced to the United States side of the Rio Grande in January of '46, remaining until May, when it marched on the strongly fortified Mexican city of Monterey, which was taken in September. It was this portion of the campaign that is portrayed in the Army Portfolio" (The Month at Goodspeed's, vol 31, no 2 ). The copy of the portfolio described above by Goodspeed's in 1959 was purchased by Thomas Streeter and appears to be the only complete set to ever appear at auction. America on Stone, p. 175; Streeter Sale 275 (for the complete portfolio).
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