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Publisher:
U.S. War Department  Search this
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Command  Search this
Printer:
Tucker, Beverley  Search this
Graphic artist:
unknown  Search this
Original artist:
Koppel, Charles  Search this
Koppel, Charles  Search this
Author:
Blake, William Phipps  Search this
Williamson, Robert Stockton  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall materials)
ink (overall materials)
Measurements:
overall: 20.7 cm x 29.9 cm; 8 1/8 in x 11 3/4 in
Object Name:
print
Object Type:
Tinted Lithograph
Place Made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
1856
Description (Brief):
This tinted lithograph of “Metamorphic Rocks - Borders of the Desert" was produced after an original sketch by expedition artist Charles Koppel (fl. 1853-1865). It was printed as Plate XIII in Volume V, Part II, following page 235, in the "Geological Report by W. P. Blake, Geologist and Minerologist to the Expedition," as part of the “Routes in California, to Connect with the Routes near the Thirty–Fifth and Thirty–Second Parallels, Explored by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical Engineers, in 1853."
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 1856 by A. P. O. Nicholson (1808-1876) of Washington, D.C.
Location:
Currently not on view
ID Number:
GA.10729.37
Accession number:
62261
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-f6bf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1317696