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War News From Mexico

Description

Oil on canvas painting of "War News From Mexico", c. 1870, by an unknown artist, after Richard Caton Woodville, Sr. (1825-1855). This genre-scene depicts a variety of everyday Americans, including immigrants, men, women, children, and African Americans, and their reactions to the man reading from the newspaper on the steps of a hotel. The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) concluded in February 1848. Woodville, a Baltimore, Maryland, native, completed his work in 1848 and it was first exhibited and mass-produced in 1849. A popular work of that era, this painting is a later copy of the original. Woodville only produced about twenty paintings during his short career. He passed away from a morphine overdose at the age of 30.

Creator

Date

circa 1870

Contributor(s) Notes

Copy of original by Richard Caton Woodville, Sr. (1825-1855).

Materials

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

50.125 x 52.25 inches

Object ID

1918.8.2

Accession Number

1918.8

Resource ID

16715

Credit Line

Gift of Germania Club

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.