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Auction 206, Lot 319
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View Commemorating Opening of Mexican Railway

"Huamantla (Tomado Desde el Puente de Sn. Lucas)"

Subject: Huamantla, Mexico; Railroads

Period: 1877 (published)

Publication: Album del Ferro-Carril Mexicano

Color: Printed Color

Size:
14.1 x 9.4 inches
35.8 x 23.9 cm
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This magnificent view was included in Casimiro Castro's Album del Ferro-Carril Mexicano, which was published to commemorate the opening of the Mexican Railway from Mexico City to Vera Cruz. The view depicts a train crossing a bridge with the city of Huamantla in the background. Several armed men stand atop the train. The view was painted from nature by Casimiro Castro and executed in chromolithography by A. Sigogne.

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Condition: A

Superb color on a bright sheet with minor marginal soiling and a few minute chips and tears along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Unsold

Closed on 11/12/2025

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