A lithograph print of Mission San Jose near San Antonio de Bexar based upon a watercolor sketch drawn by Sergeant Edward Everett of the First Illinois Volunteers. This image shows a rectangular building that includes a domed ceiling room, a bell tower, and an elaborately carved facade with statues of religious figures and crosses. [This lithograph is from the book "Memoir Descriptive of the march of a division of the United States Army, under the command of Brigadier General John E. Wool, from San Antonio de Bexas, in Texas, to Saltillo, Mexio" by George W. Hughes] Everett's original sketch is now in the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth.
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Date: 1846-08-08 1850-02-18
Format: images
Format Notes:
lithograph in Book
Publisher and Date Published: 1846
Language: English
Publication Place: Washington (District of Columbia)
Contributor:
Hughes, George Wurtz, 1806-1870 (author and editor)
Creator:
Everett, Edward, 1818-1903 (artist); Graham, Curtis Burr, 1814-1890 (lithographer)
Physical Characteristics: 1 page from a 74 page book; 22.5 x 14.5 cm
Collection: Garrett Collection. The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Special Collections.
Call Number: E405.4 .U58 Garrett Bay D
