Object Details
original artist
Koppel, Charles
graphic artist
A. Hoen & Co.
publisher
Tucker, Beverley
Description (Brief)
This tinted lithograph of “Valley of Kah-Wee-Ya River (Four Creeks)” was prepared by A. Hoen & Company (active 1843-1945), Baltimore, after an original sketch by expedition geologist and artist Charles Koppel (fl. 1853-1865). It was printed as Plate IV following page 12 in the "Report of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson (1825-1882), Corps of Topographical Engineers, Upon the Routes in California to Connect with the Routes Near the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-second Parallels" by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson ... in 1853." as part of Volume V, Part I 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," printed in 1856 by A. P. O. Nicholson (1808-1876) of Washington, D.C.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1856
ID Number
GA.10729.30
accession number
62261
catalog number
10729.30
Object Name
Print
Object Type
Tinted Lithograph
Physical Description
paper (overall materials)
ink (overall materials)
Measurements
overall: 29.5 cm x 23.2 cm; 11 5/8 in x 9 1/8 in
place made
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1317692