Images

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...

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...

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...

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...

Davy Crockett, oil on canvas painting by Chester Harding, 1834. Harding's portrait, a marked depiction away from the consummate frontiersman David 'Davy' Crockett (1786-1836) came to be known as, was painted while Crockett was a Tennessee...

The chapel of the Alamo, photograph by Betsy Mark, 2004. The Alamo, originally a Spanish mission, was a fortress garrisoned first by the Spanish, then the Mexican Army after the Mexican War of Independence, and later, most famously, by Texian...

The Alamo at night, photograph by A. Michael Uhlmann, January 2015. The Alamo, originally a Spanish mission, was a fortress garrisoned first by the Spanish, then the Mexican Army after the Mexican War of Independence, and later, most famously...

The Alamo, photograph by Betsy Mark, February 2004. The Alamo, originally a Spanish mission, was a fortress garrisoned first by the Spanish, then the Mexican Army after the Mexican War of Independence, and later, most famously, by Texian...

Ruins of the Church of El Alamo, illustration originally included in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, 1854. The Alamo, originally a Spanish mission, was a fortress garrisoned first by the Spanish, then the Mexican Army after the...

Presidio La Bahía, photograph by Ernest Mettendorf, 2008. The Presidio La Bahía was initially constructed as a Spanish fortress but later fell into the hands of the new Mexican state after the Mexican War of Independence. It changed garrisons...