Object Details
- publisher
- Bureau of American Ethnology
- printer
- Government Printing Office
- author
- Powell, John Wesley
- original artist
- Moran, Thomas
- graphic artist
- King, Francis Scott
- V. W. & Co.
- Description
- This engraved woodblock of “Climbing the Grand Canyon” was prepared by F. S. King and the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the print was published in 1875 on page 98 of John Wesley Powell's 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. Thomas Moran (1837-1926) was the original artist.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1875
- 1875
- ID Number
- 1980.0219.0474
- accession number
- 1980.0219
- catalog number
- 1980.0219.0474
- Object Name
- block
- block, engraved wood
- Object Type
- Wood Engraving
- Physical Description
- engraving (overall production method/technique)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.5 cm x 6.4 cm x 2.3 cm; 7 5/16 in x 2 1/2 in x 7/8 in
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Associated Place
- United States: New York, New York City
- 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_749466
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-800c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
