Alamo Paintings and Drawings

[neferetus]

This 1958 overview of the Alamo battle by artist Edwin Muller appeared in a Reader's Digest scholastic book for
advanced reading. The illustration shows the Alamo church as it looked after the army had restored it, complete
with 'hump' and pitched roof. (At least the roof is on fire!) There are also only four cannons in the fort.

I appreciate these pre- John Wayne/Al Ybarra renditions of the Alamo compound and I particularly like the redoubt,
over in the cattle pen.

[neferetus]

Next to Theodore Gentilz's overview of the Alamo, this particular overview, by artist Paul Remmick,
from the endsheets of Walter Lord's 1961 book, A TIME TO STAND is probably the most familiar one
to Baby Boomers.

For once, there are no upper windows showing on the facade, although the artist has solved the dilemma
of cannon firing in three different directions in the chapel battery by positioning them in the apse and both
transepts, respectively. That's a lot of rubble in that platform! Over by the NW corner meanwhile, the wall
seems to raise up to over 30 feet---much higher than even the chapel itself. Cos would've had to of had some
pretty tall ladders to get in here.

This Alamo has 17 guns mounted, including the one atop the hospital roof on the Long Barrack. (3 unmounted
tubes lie on the ground.)

[neferetus]

My friend Kaj Andersen of Denmark did this pen and ink
drawing of me as I looked during the March, 1980 Alamo Lore
And Myth Organization (A.L.A.M.O.) reenactment on Alamo Plaza.

[neferetus]

Kaj Andersen's aerial view painting of the Alamo, 1973.

[Bromhead24]

Good one, but i don't remember the park extending that far East behind the church.

[neferetus]

I just got this curious little Alamo book from Australia in which the artist
has seen fit to portray the Alamo defenders as Australian Bush Rangers,
much like Ned Kelly, or Bold Ben Hall. (I'll let you guess who's supposed
to be Bowie, Crockett and Travis.)

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bromhead24 said:

Good one, but i don't remember the park extending that far East behind the church.

It do, but now, much of the NE corner of the property is taken up by custodial buildings, the new restroom and picnic area and the amphitheater.

[Greg C.]

if you look at bowie, he kinda looks like sonny bono. and crockett is holding his rifle upside down. by the way, where did you find this book?

[Bromhead24]

He is singing "i got you babe" ;D

[neferetus]

admin said:

if you look at bowie, he kinda looks like sonny bono. and crockett is holding his rifle upside down. by the way, where did you find this book?

Found the book on eBay, listed by an Australian publishing house.

Sonny Bono, indeed.

[Bromhead24]

If he would have been wearing stripped pants and a fur stole, yes Sony Bono fer sure...lol

[neferetus]

Mexican lancers enter Bejar, while a red flag flies from the San
Fernando church, plainly visible to Texians in the Alamo in the distance.

[Bromhead24]

I like that bell on top of the alamo church..

[neferetus]

This newspaper illustration shows the Alamo as it looked during the Civil
War years. As you can see, the Low Barrack is still shown standing. How-
ever, it would be later torn down (in 1876), as many people considered
it an eyesore.

[Bromhead24]

Little did they know...

[neferetus]

The 'true' story of the Alamo. (I'm sure Nickelodeon would approve of this.)

[seguin]

Ah, the truth at last... ;D

[Greg C.]

neferetus said:

The 'true' story of the Alamo. (I'm sure Nickelodeon would approve of this.)

Let me email them this...

[neferetus]

Another one from Ted. Can anyone identify the artist?

[seguin]

No, but it´s very well done, I think! Fierce hand to hand combat!