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Engraver:
Stanley, John Mix  Search this
Artist:
Kern, Richard H.  Search this
Printer:
Sinclair, T.  Search this
Tucker, Beverley  Search this
Publisher:
U.S. War Department  Search this
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Command  Search this
Author:
Beckwith, Edward Griffin  Search this
Gunnison, John Williams  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall materials)
ink (overall materials)
Measurements:
overall: 21.5 cm x 30 cm; 8 7/16 in x 11 13/16 in
Object Name:
print
Object Type:
Tinted Lithograph
Place Made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Date made:
1855
Description:
This tinted lithograph of “Fort Massachusetts at the Foot of the Sierra Blanca Valley of San Luis" was produced by Thomas Sinclair (1805-1881), Philadelphia, after a sketch by John Mix Stanley (1814-1872) and an original sketch by expedition artist R. H. Kern (1821-1853). It was printed as a plate in Volume II following page 38, in the "Report of Explorations for a Route for the Pacific Railroad, by Captain J. W. Gunnison (1812-1853), Topographical Engineers, Near the 38th and 39th Parallels of North Latitude, from the Mouth of the Kansas River, Missouri to the Sevier Lake in the Great Basin" by Lieutenant E. G. Beckwith (1818-1881), Third Artillery.
The volume was printed as part of the "Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean" in 1855 by A. P. O. Nicholson (1808-1876) of Washington, D.C.
Location:
Currently not on view
ID Number:
GA.10729.27
Accession number:
62261
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-08f2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1317607