Object Details
publisher
Bureau of American Ethnology
printer
Government Printing Office
author
Powell, John Wesley
graphic artist
Nichols, H. H.
block maker
V. W. & Co.
Description
This engraved woodblock of a “View of Marble Canyon (from the Vermillion Cliffs)” was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Figure 63 (p.180) in Report of the Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries. Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution by John Wesley Powell (1834-1902). The image depicts the “Colorado River [and] the Eastern Kaibab Displacements, appearing as folds [and] faults.”
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1875
1875
ID Number
1980.0219.1355
catalog number
1980.0219.1355
accession number
1980.0219
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 12.3 cm x 2.3 cm; 6 1/8 in x 4 13/16 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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Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection
Natural Resources
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Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_750346