Battle of Resaca De La Palma May 9th 1846, Capture of Genl. Vega by the Gallant Captain May Frame Style:Verdigris Frame rendered in the wistful idiom

rendered in the wistful idiom of a lithograph that knew it was already documenting a place lost to its own ambition

hand-cranked grist mills

Burns Monument

formed the beating heart around which all the stars of the Milky Way revolved

narrating the Ohio canal boy's ascent to the White House in panels arranged like stations of a civic passion play

Battle of Resaca De La Palma May 9th 1846, Capture of Genl. Vega by the Gallant Captain May Frame Style:Verdigris Frame rendered in the wistful idiomBattle of Resaca De La Palma May 9th 1846, Capture of Genl. Vega by the Gallant Captain May a documentary engraving of the Mexican War's second day, all sabers and dragoon thunder along the chaparral, the moment Captain May's charge handed Manifest Destiny a Mexican general as proof. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies,