SANTA ANNA

I based my designs in part on this daguerreotype of Santa Anna c. 1850. Although the quality of the original image is poor and faded, his collar detail of strong diagonal lines could be interpreted as sun rays. I had never seen in any research before such a peculiar pattern so Daniel Orlandi and I decided to reserve this pattern especially for Santa Anna to further identify him as top dog. I used this same motif for his cuffs which I had to conject.

Photo credit from Time/Life series, "The Texans"
Special restoration: Ed Stuart Photography & Associates, Inc.
Courtesy of: San Jacinto Museum of History Ass 'n

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