General Taylor and Staff, the Heroes of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista 1847 Frame Style:Ebony Frame printed in the brisk civic

printed in the brisk civic optimism of a republic still bandaging itself

1844 — a campaign-era portrait of Polk's running mate

Robert Edward Lee 1877 — a posthumous likeness of the Confederate general issued seven years after his death at Lexington

Sept 21st 1846

perhaps better than anyone

General Taylor and Staff, the Heroes of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista 1847 Frame Style:Ebony Frame printed in the brisk civicGeneral Taylor and Staff, the Heroes of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista 1847 a campaign lithograph that bundles four Mexican War victories into a single laurel and hands it to Old Rough and Ready, already being measured for the White House before the powder smoke had cleared from Buena Vista. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives,