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Post by neferetus on May 9, 2005 13:30:28 GMT -5
 The assault on the Alamo.  Soldados bravey attack the hospital patients in the Long Barrack, in this 1961 Scholastic Stamp book illustration.  In this other photo from the same book, three soldados courageously overcome an unarmed Texian in a ditch.  Fearing that this baby might some day grow up into a formidable opponent, soldados boldly riddle both child and father with musket balls.  Santa Anna mercifully accepts the surrender of captured Texians.  The Texians fight to the last man. |
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Post by Greg C. on May 9, 2005 15:55:15 GMT -5
the first drawing is the best
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Post by neferetus on May 9, 2005 16:07:48 GMT -5
the first drawing is the best It was the cover of the book. Does it sort of remind you of the overview shot from the new Alamo film? |
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Post by Bromhead24 on May 9, 2005 18:43:58 GMT -5
I sure like the "Hump" on the church..
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Post by neferetus on Aug 2, 2005 12:47:53 GMT -5
 This 1961 diagram of the Alamo shows pretty much what the church looks like now. It is well to note that the outer Sacristy wall is not original. Outside the present-day wall---and not shown in the diagram---, one can see the ruins of the rest of the original Sacristy. |
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Post by Bromhead24 on Aug 2, 2005 18:57:08 GMT -5
William Bollaert 1846 rendition of the Alamo, Notice how he placed the "Low Barracks" and the front facade of the church and the houses all on the same plain.  |
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Post by Nefarious on Aug 10, 2005 23:20:22 GMT -5
 This illustration from Lon Tinkle's 1964 THE VALIANT FEW show far better than many overviews just how impossibly large the Alamo was to defend. |
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Post by Greg C. on Aug 11, 2005 8:57:37 GMT -5
what was the VALIANT FEW?
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Post by neferetus on Aug 11, 2005 14:03:09 GMT -5
"THE VALIANT FEW: Crisis at The Alamo" was Lon Tinkle's second book on the subject. Released as part of the MACMILLAN BATTLE BOOK SERIES, it is a slim volume, but a good one, nevertheless, chuck full of good maps and pictures. (And, unlike Tinkle's earlier work, "13 Days To Glory" (1958), it's mentions some Texians going over the wall.)
One thing about that painting that struck me is how thinly the artist chose to man the wall. As soldados move in through a breach in the north wall, most of the Texians have already fallen back to the church and Long Barrack. Only a few Texians are shown positioned by cannon. Seems like the idea is that each guy by a cannon is to just touch it off and then run like hell.
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Post by TexasMacatWork on Aug 17, 2005 7:08:55 GMT -5
This illustration from Lon Tinkle's 1964 THE VALIANT FEW show far better than many overviews just how impossibly large the Alamo was to defend. Impressive for a commercial drawing not from the 1840's. |
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Post by Bromhead24 on Aug 19, 2005 18:42:51 GMT -5
 I cant figure out how to enlarge the photo. It's very interesting.....Ned? |
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Post by Nefarious on Aug 29, 2005 0:10:27 GMT -5
 This Seth Eastman sketch of the interior of the west wall was done in 1839, at the same time that the artist did his study sketches of the Alamo church. Too bad this sketch never got to be a finished painting. As you can see, some Bejarians have already moved back into the compound and set up house. While the pitched roof building seems to have gotton a more substantial roof, the arches of the ruined arcade have been filled in as doors and windows to provide for more living space. |
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Post by neferetus on Sept 8, 2005 12:02:09 GMT -5
 This 1948 children's book came out at the same time that John Myers Myers THE ALAMO did. As a matter of fact, the same artist---Kurt Werth---did the Jacket drawing for Myer's THE ALAMO. Early boomers may remember these pen and ink sketches...  Dr. John Sutherland takes a fall.  The Gonzales men come in.  Travis draws the line.  Morales' men are repulsed at the palisade.  Travis, at the north wall. |
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Post by Nefarious on Sept 8, 2005 23:01:46 GMT -5
 In this Gary Zaboly painting, Travis' slave Joe is captured under arms , not cowering in the corner, like in THE ALAMO (2004). |
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Post by Greg C. on Sept 10, 2005 10:43:59 GMT -5
cool.
he does some good work!
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Post by Nefarious on Sept 11, 2005 13:18:11 GMT -5
 There is a bit of myth here, as well as history in Kenneth Turner's "Decision At The Alamo". While some question as to whether, or not Travis actually drew a line in the dirt, to others, the "hump" on the chapel has become as much of a symbol of the Alamo as 'the line' itself. |
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Post by Cole_blooded on Sept 22, 2005 16:09:59 GMT -5
Turners Alamo Artwork is amazing,yeah I know the line in the sand,The hump on the church/chapel,the chopped in size kitchen,etc! But the figures look nice as does the dirt and the shadow of one of the Texians on the wall!
I also like the sky color and the way that one Texian seems to look at you with the thousand yard stare!
TED COLE....aka....Cole_blooded
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Post by Bromhead24 on Sept 28, 2005 19:07:30 GMT -5
Here is a good rendering of the back of the church..I don't remember the history of the watercolor.  |
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Post by Bromhead24 on Sept 28, 2005 19:09:12 GMT -5
Robert Evertt 1848 watercolor inside of the church looking west.  |
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Post by Bromhead24 on Sept 28, 2005 19:10:13 GMT -5
 Posted in haste....  |
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