A Journey through Mexico
![Watercolor of Benajah Antrim](images/at0014d_1p1s-th.jpg)
Benajah Jay Antrim (b. 1821)
Sketchbook [documenting
Mexico and California]
Watercolor
1849 (14D.1)
Benajah Jay Antrim (b. 1821)
Sketchbook [documenting Mexico and California]
Watercolor
1849 (14D.2)
![Watercolor of Cathedral of Guadalajara](images/at0014d_1p3s-th.jpg)
Benajah Jay Antrim (b. 1821)
Sketchbook [documenting Mexico and California], 1849 (14D.3)
Watercolor
Manuscript Division
![Page from Journal of Benajah Antrim](images/at0014b_4p1s-th.jpg)
![Page from Journal of Benajah Antrim](images/at0014b_4p2s-th.jpg)
Benajah Jay Antrim (b. 1821)
Journal [documenting Mexico and
California], 1849
Pen and ink
Manuscript Division (14B.4.1-
2)
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Benajah Jay Antrim was a professional maker of mathematical instruments
in Philaldephia, Pennsylvania. He was one of the forty men of the
Camargo Company who went to California via Mexico on January 1849,
after the successful termination of the War with Mexico.
Antrim
was a gifted watercolorist and left sketchbooks and several journals
describing places in Mexico and California. Shown here is the
front courtyard of the Cathedral of Guadalajara Built from 1561-1618,
it was the most authentically gothic building constructed in
Mexico.
Many of its features, including several of towers, its choir
stall, and main altar, were destroyed by the time of Antrim's rendering,
but its facade remained intact.
![Page from Journal of Benajah Antrim](images/at0014b_4p3s-th.jpg)
![Page from Journal of Benajah Antrim](images/at0014b_4p4s-th.jpg)
![Page from Journal of Benajah Antrim](images/at0014b_4p5s-th.jpg)
![Page from Journal of Benajah Antrim](images/at0014b_4p6s-th.jpg)
Benajah Jay Antrim (b. 1821)
Pages from his Journal [documenting
San Louis Potasi, Mexico], 1849
Pen and ink
Manuscript Division (14B.4.3 - 6)
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