03494crm a2200205 4500 758953950 TxAuBib 20150918120000.0 150918s1979||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u TxAuBib Collection of Prints, Texas Navy [Museum Object]. 1979. "Collection of Prints, Texas Navy The packet includes a limited edition portfolio of fine prints published in 1979 in Austin, TX, by General Jay Matthews and his Presidial Press. The text was done by David B. Gracy II and Jean Carefoot. There is also a booklet which lists the officers and directors of the Texas Navy, a description of the Battle of Campeche, Memorable dates in Navy Annals, Examples of ships on the Republic of Texas paper money, a list why the Navy was Vital for Texas Freedom, and a Poem: ""Some Say They Were Pirates."" And lastly there is a yellow sheet which gives the biography of four artists highlighted in the packet. .1) Envelope for the packet - ""Ships and Stories of the Texas Navy"" Published by the Texas Navy with Funding from the Moody Foundation. Price [dollar sign]12."" .2) Booklet - Information listed above. The cover has a color print of ""Landing Party, Republic of Texas Marines, 1836,"" by Bruce Marshall. .3) Artist Biography - Includes information about Bruce Marshall, Emil Bunjes, Frank Karppi, and Don Davis. .4) Illustrated cover for the other prints - The front has a print of ""Galveston Coast Guards, Republic of Texas, 1842"" and the back has a print of ""Commodore/ Texas Navy, "" both by Bruce Marshall. .5) ""The Ships of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1845"" - A list of twelve ships which served in either the first or the second Texas Navy. The list includes the vessel, its original name, commissioned, complement, class, length, tonnage, guns, and disposition. .6) ""Independence"" - Color print of the original pen and ink drawing by Emil Bunjes. .7) ""Brutus"" - Color print of the original pen and ink drawing by Emil Bunjes. .8) ""Invincible"" - Color print of the original pen and ink drawing by Emil Bunjes. .9) ""Liberty"" - Color print of the original pen and ink drawing by Emil Bunjes. .10) ""San Jacinto"" - Black and white print of the original pen and ink drawing by Don E. Davis. .11) ""Brig Wharton"" - Black and white print of the original pen and ink drawing by Don E. Davis. .12) ""Zavala"" - Black and white print of the original pen and ink drawing by Frank Karppi. .13) ""Austin & San Antonio"" - Black and white print of the original pen and ink drawing by Frank Karppi '74. .14) ""The Battle of Campeche, April 30-May 16, 1843"" - Black and white print of the original pen and ink drawing by Frank Karppi '75. .15) ""The Port of Galveston, Headquarters for the Texas Navy, 1836-1845"" - Black and white print of the original pen and ink drawing by F. Karppi. .16) ""Landing Party, Republic of Texas Marines, 1836"" - Numbered print (42/500) which is signed in pencil by the artist. Small tear in the upper right, and a folded lower right corner. Good condition.". PERMANENT COLLECTION. 20150918. "Bruce Marshall is a fourth generation Texan, and is the descendent of a Confederate General.". "Artists: Bruce Marshall, Emil Bunjes. https://rosenberg.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/634290D4-D9B6-4B84-AE28-091516357613 See Museum Object Listing RV8