Object Details
publisher
U.S. War Department
printer
Tucker, Beverley
author
Williamson, Robert Stockton
original artist
Koppel, Charles
graphic artist
unknown
publisher
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Command
Description (Brief)
This tinted lithograph of “Los Angeles" was produced by Thomas Sinclair (1805-1881) after an original sketch by expedition artist Charles Koppel (fl. 1853-1865). It was printed as Plate X in Volume V, Part I, following page 34, in the "General Report," 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
Credit Line
Estate of Lt. Col. Edgar A. Mearns, USA (Ret.)
date made
1856
ID Number
GA.10729.36
accession number
62261
Object Name
print
Object Type
Tinted Lithograph
Other Terms
print; Chromolithograph
Physical Description
paper (overall materials)
ink (overall materials)
Measurements
overall: 23.3 cm x 29.8 cm; 9 3/16 in x 11 3/4 in
location of book publication
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_802444