Lot # 124
Annual Marine, China Trade & Sporting Art Auction, August 15-16, 2009
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CARLTON THEODORE CHAPMAN (AMERICAN 1860-1925). THE PACIFIC SQUADRON LANDING MARINES AT MONTEREY, JULY 7, 1846, DURING THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR.
Sold: $1,521.00 ($1,300)
The squadron, under Commodore John D. Sloat, won a skirmish with the Mexican coast guard, leading to the annexation of California to the United States. Oil on artist's board, 13 ½ x 18 ½ inches. Signed "Carlton Chapman" l.l. Inscribed in pencil on the reverse "July 7, 1846." The frame with remnants of a label for Gump's, San Francisco.