Mexican Rulers,Migrating from Matamoras,Treasures,Catholic Church,c1846,Booty

Title: Mexican rulers, migrating from Matamoras with their treasures
Creator(s): F. & S. Palmer (Firm), lithographer
Related Names:
Palmer, F. (Fanny), 1812-1876 , artist
Date Created/Published: [New York] : Lith. & pub. by F. & S. Palmer, 43 Ann St., N.Y., c1846.
Summary: A wry attack on the Mexican clergy, showing them deserting Matamoras with their 'treasures'--young women, wine, and other booty. In the lead ride a priest and a monk on horseback with a woman seated behind each of them. Not far behind follow two more horses with clerics and their women. Matamoras was the Mexican town on the Rio Grande taken by American troops in May 1846, at the start of the Mexican War. The artist's characterization of the priests as 'rulers' is a bit of anti-Catholic sarcasm, alluding to the power of the Church (closely allied to the wealthy landowners) in Mexican politics.
Notes:
Title from item.
Probably drawn by Frances Palmer.
'Entered ... 1846 by Thomas Oldham ...'
'T.B. Peterson, agent, 98 Chesnut St., Philadelphia.'
Torn with loss to image at upper right.
Weitenkampf, p. 88
Nevins, p. 63
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1846-6.
Subjects:
Catholic Church, hostility toward.
Mexico, U.S. war with Matamoras (Mexico).
Spain.
Texas, and the Mexican War.
Lithographs--1840-1850.
Political cartoons--1840-1850.
Bookmark /2003689270/
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