Heights of Monterey, from the saltillo road looking towards the city. From the west

Prints show soldiers marching in formation on the Saltillo road, with thatched roof structures on the right, mountains and Monterrey in the background.

Caption continues: (Worth's Division" moving into position under the guns of the enemy, after the action of "St. Jeronimo", on the morning of 21st Sepr. 1846)
Publication date based on copyright statement on item.
Printed on lower right corner: [No. 2].
First copy Inscribed in colored ink on bottom center: Lith & Printed in colors by G. & W. Endicott, New York.
First copy Inscribed in ink on bottom center: 204. Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the So. Dist. of New York June 22, 1847.
First copy Includes editorial marks in colored ink on text on lower right.
Includes a key with numbers printed on the right, left, and bottom margins, and with corresponding descriptions printed below.
The plates in this series, as numbered, are in reverse chronological order.
Library has two copies, both printed with color tints; the copyright deposit or first copy includes inscriptions.
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).