Object Details
original artist
Kern, Richard H.
Stanley, John Mix
graphic artist
A. Hoen & Co.
Description (Brief)
This tinted lithograph of “Sangre dde Cristo ass From Near the Summit Looking Down Gunnison's Creek" was produced by A. Hoen & Company (fl. 1848-1943), Baltimore, after a sketch by John Mix Stanley (1814-1872) and an original sketch by expedition artist R. H. Kern (1821-1853). It was printed as a plate in Volume II following page 38, in the "Report of Explorations for a Route for the Pacific Railroad, by Captain J. W. Gunnison (1812-1853), Topographical Engineers, Near the 38th and 39th Parallels of North Latitude, from the Mouth of the Kansas River, Missouri to the Sevier Lake in the Great Basin" by Lieutenant E. G. Beckwith (1818-1881), Third Artillery.
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
1855
ID Number
GA.16332.013
accession number
1930.110179
catalog number
16332.013
Object Name
Print
print
Object Type
Tinted Lithograph
Physical Description
ink (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 23.4 cm x 29.6 cm; 9 3/16 in x 11 5/8 in
location of print publication
United States: Maryland, Baltimore
location of book publication
United States: District of Columbia
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1318510