Subject (Name): Cos, Martín Perfecto de, 1800-1854 / Subject (Topic): Foreign relations

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1. Genl. Houston, Santa Anna & Cos

Creator:: Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857, artist
Published / Created:: [1836]
Call Number:: WA Prints +188
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Abstract:: 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
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Genl. Houston, Santa Anna & Cos