Object Details
printer
Tucker, Beverley
original artist
Young, John J.
Description (Brief)
This tinted lithograph of “Upper Klamath Lake from Camp 28" was produced after an original sketch by John J. Young (1830-1879). It was printed as Plate III in Volume VI, Part I following page 66, 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.10729.04
catalog number
10729.04
accession number
62261
Object Name
Print
Object Type
Tinted Lithograph
Other Terms
Print; Planographic; Chromolithograph
Physical Description
paper (overall materials)
ink (overall materials)
Measurements
overall: 23 cm x 29.8 cm; 9 1/16 in x 11 3/4 in
place made
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
See more items in
Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Transcontinental Railroad
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_785293