American Arms in Mexico,1848,Joseph Goldsborough Bruff

Title: Design drawing for a certificate. 'American arms in Mexico...'
Creator(s): Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889, designer
Date Created/Published: 1848.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing certificate decorated with national symbols, fringed drapery suspended by tasseled knotted cords, and broken and scattered armaments.
Notes:
UNIT title devised.
Related to the Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Date based on relationship of piece to Mexican War, which ended in 1848.
Inscription: 'This she[et] emblazoning the achievement[s of] American Arms in Mexic[o] is respectfully dedicated to the Army and Navy of the United States by their very obedient servant J. Goldsborough Bruff. City of Washington, D.C.'.
Gift; Mary Proctor Keyser and Thelma Proctor; 1991; (DLC/PP-1991:004).
Finding aid (unpublished): Filed by UNIT number, available in Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
Subjects:
National emblems--United States--1840-1850.
Arms & armament--1840-1850.
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Commemoration.
Certificates--1840-1850.
Design drawings--1840-1850.
Bookmark /95860194/
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