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War News from Mexico  1848

by Richard Caton Woodville

War News from Mexico depicts America's thirst for news from the Mexican-American War (1846-48). A group gathers at the generically named "American Hotel"—which represents the country as a whole rather than a specific location—to learn the latest news from the war. The central figure reads excitedly, with raised eyebrows and mouth agape, while the others strain to catch eve...
Size: 
27 × 25 in. (68.6 × 63.5 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons