Object Details
original artist
Koppel, Charles
Description (Brief)
This tinted lithograph of “U.S. Military Post Benicia" was produced after an original sketch by expedition artist Charles Koppel (fl. 1853-1865). It was printed as Plate II in Volume V, Part II, following page 4, in the "Geological Report by W. P. Blake, Geologist and Minerologist to the Expedition," as part of the “Routes in California, to Connect with the Routes near the Thirty–Fifth and Thirty–Second Parallels, Explored by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical Engineers, in 1853."
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 1856 by A. P. O. Nicholson (1808-1876) of Washington, D.C.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1856
ID Number
GA.16332.053
catalog number
16332.053
accession number
1930.110179
Object Name
Print
Object Type
Tinted Lithograph
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 20 m x 25 cm; 65 5/8 ft x 9 13/16 in
place made
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1318519