Walls of Miraflores Lock

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Object Details

Artist

Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Railroad tracks in the foreground, huge iron structures and cranes above showing the construction of the Miraflores Lock in the Panama Canal.

Date

1912

Accession Number

1947-95-8

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

architecture

Object Name

Type

Medium

Lithograph on cream laid paper

Dimensions

47.5 × 63.2 cm (18 11/16 × 24 7/8 in.)

made in

USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4dbf7a772-f22d-4e80-94b9-da0127c16525

Record ID

chndm_1947-95-8