Engraved wood block "Cannibal Cooking-Pots"
Object Details
- publisher
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Butler, Joline J.
- original artist
- Agate, A. T.
- printer
- Sherman, Conger
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- Description (Brief)
- This engraved wood block was used to print an image in the publication "Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," 1844, Volume 3, page 111. The image was drawn by A. T. Agate. It was engraved by J.J. Butler, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Description
- Joline J. Butler (about 1815–1846, working in New York City between 1841 and 1845) engraved this printing block after the drawing Cannibal Cooking-Pots from the Feejee (Fiji) group cultures by Expedition Artist Alfred T. Agate. The wood engraving illustration was published on page 111 of Volume III of the U.S. Exploring Expedition Narrative by Charles Wilkes, 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1844
- ca 1844
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.149
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.149
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- Object Name
- block
- block, printing
- Object Type
- relief
- block printing
- Wood Engraving
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in x 4 in; 7.62 cm x 10.16 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Related Publication
- The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
- Related Web Publication
- http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/index.htm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Natural Resources
- Art
- Wilkes Blocks
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- U.S. Exploring Expedition
- Record ID
- nmah_552584
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-bc5e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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