Mount Hood from Tysch Prairie

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Object Details

printer

Tucker, Beverley

original artist

Young, John J.

Description (Brief)

This tinted lithograph of “Mount Hood from Tysch Prairie" was produced after an original sketch by John J. Young (1830-1879). It was printed as Plate IX in Volume VI following page 86, in the General Report, Part I, of the "Report of Lieutenant Henry L. Abbot (1831-1927), Corps of Topographical Engineers, Upon Explorations for a Railroad Route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River made by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson (1825-1882), Corps of Topographical Engineers assisted by Lieutenant Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical Engineers," 1855.

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

date made

1857

ID Number

GA.10729.20

catalog number

10729.20

accession number

62261

Object Name

Object Type

Tinted Lithograph

Physical Description

paper (overall materials)

ink (overall materials)

Measurements

overall: 20.5 cm x 30 cm; 8 1/16 in x 11 13/16 in

place made

United States: District of Columbia

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Transcontinental Railroad

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-0b06-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1317546