Birds-eye view of the camp of the army of occupation, commanded by Genl. Taylor, near Corpus Christi, Texas, (from the North) Oct. 1845 / D.P. Whiting, Capt. 7th Inf. del. ; on stone by C. Parsons.

279 U.S. Copyright Office.

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B&w copy Inscribed in ink at bottom: 279. Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the So. Dist. of New York July 23, 1847.
Color copy Stamped on lower right corner: Map Divison Library of Congress Apr 10 1912.
Daniel Powers Whiting trained as a topographical artist at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point). He served in the 7th U.S. Infantry under General Zachary Taylor during the Mexican-American War. Whiting recorded the Army's advance from its station in Corpus Christi, Texas, and documented the capture of the Mexican city of Monterrey in 1846.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Color copy Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.