Object Details
publisher
Tucker, Beverley
maker; original artist
Koppel, Charles
Description (Brief)
This tinted lithograph of “Colorado Desert and Signal Mountain" was produced after an original sketch by expedition artist Charles Koppel (fl. 1853-1865). It was printed as Plate XI in Volume V, Part I, following page 40, 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
date made
1856
ID Number
GA.16332.028
catalog number
16332.028
accession number
1930.110179
Object Name
Print
Object Type
Tinted Lithograph
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 19 cm x 24.5 cm; 7 1/2 in x 9 5/8 in
place made
United States: District of Columbia
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Transcontinental Railroad
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1318513