Object Details
original artist
Young, John J.
Description (Brief)
This tinted lithograph of “Shasta Butte and Shasta Valley from a Point Near Camp 79A" was produced after an original sketch by John J. Young (1830-1879). It was printed as Plate XII in Volume VI, Part I following page 110, in the "General Report" by Lieutenant Henry L. Abbot in "Report of Lieutenant Henry L. Abbot (1831-1927), Corps of Topographical Engineers, Upon Explorations for a Railroad Route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River made by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson (1825-1882), Corps of Topographical Engineers assisted by Lieutenant Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical Engineers," 1855.
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
1857
ID Number
GA.16332.073
catalog number
16332.073
accession number
1930.110179
Object Name
Print
Object Type
Tinted Lithograph
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 18.9 cm x 24.5 cm; 7 7/16 in x 9 5/8 in
place made
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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Transcontinental Railroad
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1318530