Portrays, imaginatively, an event in the Texas war of independence: the surrender of Mexican commander Santa Anna and his brother-in-law, General Martin Perfecto de Cos, to American leader Samuel Houston after the Battle of San Jacinto in late April 1836. Santa Anna (center) bows and offers his sword to Houston, saying, "I consent to remain your prisoner, most excellent sir!! Me no Alamo!!" Cos follows suit. Houston, clad in buckskins and holding a musket, says, "You are two bloody villains, and to treat you as you deserve, I ought to have you shot as an example! Remember the Alamo and Fannin!"
Alternative Title:
General Houston, Santa Anna and Cos
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +188: On sheet 36 x 52 cm. Hand colored. and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published June, 1836 by the proprietor, H.R. Robinson, 48 Courtlandt Street, New York
Subject (Geographic):
Texas, United States, Mexico., and United States.
Subject (Name):
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863, Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876, Cos, Martín Perfecto de, 1800-1854, Cos, Martín Perfecto de, 1800-1854., and Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.
Subject (Topic):
San Jacinto, Battle of, Tex., 1836, History, Campaign, Foreign relations, and Diplomatic relations
Print reproduces the oil painting "Surrender of Santa Anna" made by William Henry Huddle in 1886; depicts the surrender of Santa Anna to Sam Houston the day after the Battle of San Jacinto; a wounded General Houston is shown lying under a moss-hung oak tree attended by a doctor; Houston extends his hand to Santa Anna as other men look on.
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +146: On verso, in hand: Shorey’s Bookstore 815 3rd Ave. Seattle January, 1938. $7.50. On verso, typed on label: This picture was found in the old Texas town of Banders where it had been for many years. There are but two of them known to exist. One in the glass case at the Alamo at San Antonio, Texas. Later typing appears at the top of the label: Slip sent by Shorey., Title from caption above image., Additional text below caption title is an index to persons in the image, which are hand numbered within the image: Names of those present when Santa Anna was brought before the commander-in-chief, General Sam Houston. 1. General Sam Houston 2. General Santa Anna 3. Thomas J. Rusk 4. Mirabeau B. Lamar 5. Chaddock 6. Ben McCullough 7. McManus 8. Belmonte 9. Gen. Edward Burleson 10. Col. Wharton 11. Col. Sydney Sherman 12. Joel W. Robison 13. Walter P. Lane 14. Sylvest 15. Jesse Billingsly 16. Tom Green 17. Gen. Alford 18. Thos. Monroe Hardeman 19. S. Bostic 20. McFadden 21. Aaron Burleson 22. W. Anderson 23. J.M. Hill 24. Buntin 25. Whittaker [26. not present in original] 27. John M. Swisher 28. "Deaf" Smith 29. Sterling Robertson 30. Surgeon General Ewing 31. George Nail 32. Perry 33. Hobson 34. N.A. Byran., and Another state of this image held at New York Public Library has other text below the caption title and has the following text below image: copyright 1892 by S.B. Hill; from the painting by W.H. Huddle.
Publisher:
Samuel B. Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Texas
Subject (Name):
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876, Houston, Sam, 1793-1863, and Smith, Erastus, 1787-1837
Subject (Topic):
San Jacinto, Battle of, Tex., 1836, History, and Pictorial works
