Object Details
- publisher
- Bureau of American Ethnology
- printer
- Government Printing Office
- author
- Powell, John Wesley
- graphic artist
- Nichols, H. H.
- Description
- This engraved woodblock of “Bird’s-eye view of the Grand Canyon" was prepared by Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887) and the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the print was published in 1875 as as Figure 72 (p.187) in Report of the Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries. Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution by John Wesley Powell (1834-1902).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1875
- ID Number
- 1980.0219.0467
- accession number
- 1980.0219
- catalog number
- 1980.0219.0467
- Object Name
- block
- block, engraved wood
- Object Type
- Wood Engraving
- Physical Description
- engraving (overall production method/technique)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.2 cm x 15.1 cm x 2.4 cm; 4 in x 5 15/16 in x 15/16 in
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection
- Natural Resources
- Science & Mathematics
- Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_749459
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-7fee-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
