Object Details
Associated Name
Wilkes, Charles
engraver
Dunnel, E.G.
original artist
Agate, A. T.
Description (Brief)
This engraved wood block was likely prepared to print an image in the publication "The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842." The image was not published with any of the expedition volumes but is of the same style and subject as images in that publication. A similar image after A. T. Agate was produced as a plate engraving titled "Cooking at Casa Cancha, Peru." The plate engraving was published in Volume 1, page 268. The engraved plate is not a holding of the Graphic Arts Collection.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1845-56
1845
ID Number
1999.0145.299
accession number
1999.0145
catalog number
1999.0145.299
Object Name
Block
block, printing
Object Type
relief
block printing
Wood Engraving
Measurements
overall: 3 in x 5 in; 7.62 cm x 12.7 cm
place made
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Wilkes Blocks
Data Source
National Museum of American History
related event
U.S. Exploring Expedition
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_552814