Article April 11, 1903 Issue

"The Battle of San Jacinto"

The following clipping from an Austin, Tex., paper has an added interest from the fact that this picture is the one referred to in Mr. Ziller's report of the discussion respecting Christian Science in the Texas legislature.—Ed.

H. A. McArdle, the man who painted the superb picture of "The Battle of San Jacinto" now occupying a prominent position in the senate chamber, is a visitor to the city from his home in the Almo City. He is here for the purpose of conferring with the committee appointed to consider the question of purchasing the picture. It is valued at $55,000. and represents about seventeen years of study and labor.

In compiling the necessary material for this picture, Mr. McArdle was forced to exercise extreme caution and great pains in order that it might be true to life. How well he has succeeded is evidenced by the naturalness of the finished painting. During his researches he corresponded with Santa Ana, the Mexican general, who was that day defeated and subsequently taken prisoner by the Texans, and he has many letters from the veteran commander of the vanquished Mexican hosts.

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