Battle of Puebla, French Intervention in Mexico, Épinal Print, 1863

Name: Battle of Puebla, French Intervention in Mexico, Épinal Print, 1863
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14176-3
Price: 770 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1863
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 29.5 × 39.5 cm (11.6 × 15.6 in)
Condition: Good. Good overall condition. Light age toning to the paper and minor handling wear consistent with age. Colors remain strong and well preserved. Margins intact, with text fully legible. No major tears, losses, or restorations observed.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Mexico
Reference: BG-14176-3

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The capture of Puebla in the French intervention in Mexico, an original color lithograph issued as an Imagerie d'Epinal broadside by Pellerin & Cie of Epinal, numbered 175, and titled "Guerre du Mexique: Prise de Puebla". The date given for the event is 1863.

The central picture shows hand-to-hand fighting at close quarters. French infantry in blue coats and red trousers press forward with fixed bayonets and flags amid clouds of gun smoke, and Zouave-style figures in red and yellow are among the attackers. Fallen men lie across the foreground, and a cannon fires at the right. In the background rise the domes and towers of Puebla, with mountains beyond. The coloring is flat and bright in red, blue, yellow and green, in the manner of Epinal popular prints.

The text columns on both sides of the picture and the lines beneath it tell the story in French: the origins of the expedition, the siege operations under General Forey, and the fall of the city. The French occupation of Puebla in 1863 opened the way to Mexico City and to the short-lived empire of Maximilian, and such broadsides gave the French public an official-minded account of the campaign.

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