Engraved woodblock of a "Bird’s-eye view of cliffs of erosion"

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Object Details

printer

Government Printing Office

publisher

Bureau of American Ethnology

author

Powell, John Wesley

graphic artist

Nichols, H. H.

block maker

V. W. & Co.

Description

This engraved woodblock of the “Bird’s-eye view of cliffs of erosion” was prepared and printed by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published in 1875 as Figure 74 (p.162) in The Exploration of the Colorado River of the West by John Wesley Powell (1834-1902). Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887) engraved the illustration which “depicts the Shin-ar’-ump Cliffs, Vermillion Cliffs, and Gray Cliffs, in order from right to left.”

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1875

1875

ID Number

1980.0219.1562

accession number

1980.0219

catalog number

1980.0219.1562

Object Name

block

block, engraved wood

Object Type

Wood Engraving

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

engraving (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

overall: 15.5 cm x 11.3 cm x 2.3 cm; 6 1/8 in x 4 7/16 in x 7/8 in

place made

United States: District of Columbia, Washington

Associated Place

United States: New York, New York City

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Communications

Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection

Natural Resources

Science & Mathematics

Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection

Art

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-c36c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_750553