Object Details
- publisher
- Bureau of American Ethnology
- printer
- Government Printing Office
- graphic artist
- Nichols, H. H.
- original artist
- Keene, S. W.
- author
- Coues, Elliott
- block maker
- V. W. & Co.
- author
- Powell, John Wesley
- Description
- This engraved woodblock of “Tholomomys Chusius” or (Thomomys Clusius) Wyoming Pocket Gopher was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published in 1875 as Figure 80 (p.265) 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). The image appears in Part Third, entitled “Zoology” by Elliott Coues (1842-1899). The illustration was engraved by Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1875
- 1875
- ID Number
- 1980.0219.1088
- catalog number
- 1980.0219.1088
- accession number
- 1980.0219
- Object Name
- block
- block, engraved wood
- Object Type
- Wood Engraving
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- engraving (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.8 cm x 14.9 cm x 2.3 cm; 4 1/4 in x 5 7/8 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
- Science & Mathematics
- Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_750080
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6d7b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
