Caption:
Juan Prim y Prats (1814-1870). Spanish military and ruler. Spain, France and England formed an alliance in October 1861 to protest against Mexico's economic policies and demand payment of the debt. As a measure of pressure on the Mexican government, they deployed a military expedition under the command of General Prim, which arrived in Veracruz in January 1862. General Prim's expedition to Mexico-Vera Cruz. Vera-Cruz. General Prim's entrance in January 1862, Plaza de la Constitución. Auguste Daries (General Staff, lithographer), J.S.P. Lemercier (printer), Paris. Paper and lithographic ink, c. 1864.