Object Details
original artist
Mollhausen, H. B.
Kennerley, Caleb Burwell Rowan
printer
Nicholson, A. O. P.
original artist
Mollhausen, H. B.
Description (Brief)
This colored lithograph of "Grus fraterculus (Little Crane)" is believed to have been originally drawn by C. B. R. Kennerly (1830-1861) and H. B. Mollhausen (1825-1905), then drawn on stone by William E. Hitchcock (ca 1822-ca 1906), lithographed by Bowen & Company of Philadelphia (ca 1840-1870), and likely hand colored by Bowen firm colorists or Lavinia Bowen (ca 1820- ca 1872).
The image was published as Plate XXXVII in the Zoological Report, Volume X, Part VI, No. 3, following page 35 in C. B. R. Kennerly's "Report Upon the Birds of the Route" (near the 35th Parallel explored by Lieutenant Whipple in 1853 and 1855). The report was published in the volume “Reports and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean ... 1853, 1856, Volume X," printed in 1859 by Beverley Tucker of Washington, D.C.
Location
Currently not on view
date of book publication
1859
1859
ID Number
GA.16332.044
catalog number
16332.044
accession number
1930.110179
Object Name
Print
print
Object Type
Tinted Lithograph
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 17.9 cm x 23.8 cm; 7 1/16 in x 9 3/8 in
place made
United States: District of Columbia
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Transcontinental Railroad
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1318534