Woodville, Richard Caton (1825-1855) - War News from Mexico 1848

War News from Mexico (1848) is an oil painting by the American artist Richard Caton Woodville (1825–1855). A group gathers outside a frontier hotel and post office to read a newspaper reporting on the Mexican–American War. Reactions vary across the crowd, while the newspaper and a recruitment notice emphasise how the conflict reached ordinary Americans. The painting is in the collection of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Arkansas.

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