Lieutenant Abert drew his view of Santa Fe from the south sometime after his arrival there on September 27, 1846. Fort Marcy, flying the American flag, may be seen on the heights overlooking the town. Another U.S. flag flies from the main plaza in the center of the print, where one can see the parrish church and the Governor's Palace. A local couple as well as prickly-pear and perhaps sotol plants decorate the foreground to give the perspective view a sense of scale. See Sandweiss, Stewart, and Huseman, Eyewitness to War, pp. 141-142, no. 25.
Date: 1846-00-00 1848-00-00
Format: images
Publisher and Date Published: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, printers 1848-00-00
Language: English
Publication Place: Washington (District of Columbia)
Contributor:
Emory, William H; United States Army, Corps of Topographical Engineers
Creator:
Abert, James William
Call Number: F 786 .U571
Source Title: Notes of a military reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers / By Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory. Made in 1846-7, with the advanced guard of the
