“Richard Caton Woodville’s War News from Mexico, first exhibited in 1848, was perhaps the most popular of the political paintings. This lithograph was one of some 14,000 prints sold.“
“United States troops entered Mexico City in 1848, bringing to an end a war that had begun in 1846 over a territorial dispute involving Texas. In the resulting Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded half its territory to the United States, effectively concluding the U.S. program of westward expansion.”
“Between 1830 and the Civil War, “genre paintings,” depictions of ordinary people engaged in everyday activities and occupations, flourished throughout America. Richard Caton Woodville’s War News from Mexico is a genre painting depicting Americans’ thirst for news related to the Mexican-American War [1846–1848].”
has info about this artist (including, among other things, the 1851 hand-colored engraving version of this work). This work has appeared here 3 times so far. The other 2 times, it had a different caption.
has the first time (which, sadly, still has the 15 hyperlinks in my comment there, inactive @#$%&!). It was repeated 8/26/14 (where I just pointed to the first).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1836 (November 29, 2017) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment; so, I won’t point to it here.
BE THIS GUY almost 7 years ago
Realizing you sold bitcoins too soon.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 7 years ago
“This here tweet is almost 2000 words long!”
J Short almost 7 years ago
Romney to pick Bat Boy as vice president!!? (Actual Weekly World News headline.)
Greg Johnston almost 7 years ago
Very topical.
aerotica69 almost 7 years ago
I can’t even rank my list of celebrity nominees for the pool.
Arianne almost 7 years ago
What’s this?! He actually said something intelligent, constructive, and inoffensive?
Now what will we do all day?
rugeirn almost 7 years ago
“Richard Caton Woodville’s War News from Mexico, first exhibited in 1848, was perhaps the most popular of the political paintings. This lithograph was one of some 14,000 prints sold.“
“United States troops entered Mexico City in 1848, bringing to an end a war that had begun in 1846 over a territorial dispute involving Texas. In the resulting Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded half its territory to the United States, effectively concluding the U.S. program of westward expansion.”
“Between 1830 and the Civil War, “genre paintings,” depictions of ordinary people engaged in everyday activities and occupations, flourished throughout America. Richard Caton Woodville’s War News from Mexico is a genre painting depicting Americans’ thirst for news related to the Mexican-American War [1846–1848].”
https://smarthistory.org/richard-caton-woodville-war-news-from-mexico/
www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/ap/artifacts/mwlitho.htm
www.reynoldahouse.org/collections/object/mexican-news
https://crystalbridges.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Classroom-Connection-Woodville-Richard.pdf
Linguist almost 7 years ago
" Whoa ! It says: ‘Trump quits as POTUS to become Emperor of the Western World’ ! "
Radish the wordsmith almost 7 years ago
Broadsheet!
prrdh almost 7 years ago
What? You people are free?
PoodleGroomer almost 7 years ago
The whole pool went to the guy that played Garrison Keillor in the POWERBALL slot.
mabrndt Premium Member almost 7 years ago
War News from Mexico:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:War_News_from_Mexico.jpg
(best viewed by Google Chrome – can translate pages if necessary) has info and links that point to info about this roughly 2′×2′ painting.
http://www.reynoldahouse.org/collections/object/mexican-news
has info about this artist (including, among other things, the 1851 hand-colored engraving version of this work). This work has appeared here 3 times so far. The other 2 times, it had a different caption.
http://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2011/12/22?comments=visible
has the first time (which, sadly, still has the 15 hyperlinks in my comment there, inactive @#$%&!). It was repeated 8/26/14 (where I just pointed to the first).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1836 (November 29, 2017) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment; so, I won’t point to it here.
pcolli almost 7 years ago
“Have you seen what Garfield’s up to today?”