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Veuve Clicquot Champagne Label
A Veuve Clicquot champagne label. The label bears a reproduction of the signature of Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin (1777-1866).
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Mexican General Martín Perfecto de Cos
Mexican General Martín Perfecto de Cos. Illustration in Pioneer Heroes and Daring Deeds, published by Scammell and Company, 1882.
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William B. Travis - How Travis May Have Looked During the Anahuac Disturbances
William Barret Travis (1809-1836), sketch by Wiley Martin (1777-1842). The only known portrait of Travis in his lifetime. Later paintings, after Travis' death at the Alamo in 1836, were more idealized. This is how Travis may have looked during...
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Frank W. Johnson - Commander of the Texian Militia at Anahuac
Frank W. Johnson, commander of the Texian Militia in 1832 during the Anahuac Disturbances, later served as a commander during the Texas Revolution. Photograph from the McArdle Notebooks. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas...
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Champagne Capsules of Veuve Clicquot
A selection of Veuve Clicquot champagne capsules, used with a wire cage to keep the cork of the wine in place. The face is Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin (1777-1866), who designed the VCP and anchor logo.
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Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cork
A champagne cork of Veuve Clicquot. The VCP logo was designed and first placed on corks by Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin (1777-1866).
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The Revolutionary War 1775-1783
A gouache on paper painting titled The Revolutionary War 1775-1783 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. John Burgoyne and the artist (The artist portrays himself as "the Observer" in...
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The Declaration of Independence 1776
A gouache on paper painting titled The Declaration of Independence 1776 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Philip Livingston, John Adams, George Washington...
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James 'Jim' Bowie, c. 1820
Jim Bowie, oil on canvas painting by William Edward West, c. 1820. James "Jim" Bowie (1796-1836) was a land speculator, Texas Ranger, slave trader, and joint commander of the Alamo fortress in the Texas Revolution, where he died on March...
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San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Texas
San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, photograph by Betsy Mark, 2004. The original parish church, later enlarged in the Gothic style as depicted here, played a notable role in the story of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. Defenders of the...
