This is a print of a group of people gathered around a person reading a newspaper at the entrance of a building marked as "American Hotel." They stand and sit on a porch with wooden pillars and a peaked roof adorned with the sign, which also has an eagle emblem. Also on the porch is a sign that says "Post Office", as well as several other notices or posters with text. In the center of the group, the man holding the newspaper has an expression of shock or surprise, his mouth open, his eyes wide, and his brows lifted. He wears a top hat and a vest over a white shirt. The men surrounding him…
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Mexican News

Alfred Jones (American, born England, 1819 - 1900)

artist after Richard Caton Woodville (American, 1825 - 1855)

publisher American Art-Union (est. 1838 - closed 1852)

1851

Medium
engraving in black on wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 52.39 × 46.99 cm (20 5/8 × 18 1/2 in.) ; sheet: 63.82 × 53.98 cm (25 1/8 × 21 1/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Donald Webster, 1966)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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