Object Details
- publisher
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Butler, Joline J.
- original artist
- Agate, Alfred T.
- Armstrong, William G.
- 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 415. The image was drawn by A. T. Agate, and drawn on wood by W. G. Armstrong. 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 a drawing called Street View of Honolulu by Expedition Artist Alfred T. Agate. The wood engraving illustration was published on page 415 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
- 1999.0145.184
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.184
- 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
- Wilkes, Charles. Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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- Work
- Transportation
- Art
- Wilkes Blocks
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Exploration and Discovery
- related event
- U.S. Exploring Expedition
- Record ID
- nmah_552621
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c111-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
