"Guerrilleros Mexicanos"
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1848
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This lithograph illustrates the chaos and conflict engulfing northern Mexico during the years of the Mexican-American War from 1846-1848. In these years the United States organized an Army of Occupation, initially led by General Zachary Taylor, to capture cities like Monterrey in preparation for a later assault on the Mexican heartland. The figure on horseback is a Mexican guerilla fighter. These skilled horsemen, often doubling as both patriots and bandits, had an established role in Mexican military tradition, and were actively recruited to combat the U.S. invaders. To understand his limited appeal to the Mexican public, note that the dead figures over whom the <i>guerrillero</i> is triumphantly galloping appear to be Mexican citizens, not invading American soldiers.
label: Description
content: The lithographer is unknown.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Esta litografía ilustra el caos y el conflicto que abrumaron al norte de México durante los años de la guerra mexicoamericana entre 1846 y 1848. En este período Estados Unidos organizó un Ejército de Ocupación, inicialmente comandado por el General Zachary Taylor, a fin de capturar ciudades como Monterrey, en preparación para la posterior ofensa al corazón de México. La figura a caballo es la de un guerrillero mexicano. Estos hábiles jinetes, que a menudo actuaban tanto de patriotas como de bandidos, tenían una función establecida dentro de la tradición militar mexicana y se los reclutaba activamente para combatir a los invasores estadounidenses. A fin de comprender el poco atractivo que estas figuras despertaban entre el público mexicano, obsérvese que los muertos sobre los que galopa triunfante el guerrillero parecen ser ciudadanos mexicanos y no soldados americanos invasores.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
title: label: Title
content: "Mexican Guerrilleros"
topic: label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, Military
label: Subject
content: Mexican War
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Military
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content: Mexican America
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2559
label: catalog number
content: 60.2559
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 8 1/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 20.955 cm x 31.75 cm