Lithograph of "Indian Antiquities" pottery artifacts
- Description
- P.S. Duval and Company (c.1840s–1858) of Philadelphia printed this lithograph of “Indian Antiquities,” depicting South American woodenware, from an original sketch by John M. Stanley (1814–1872) of Detroit (1834–1840, 1864–1872) and Washington, D.C. (1850-1860). The illustration was published in 1855 by A.O.P. Nicholson in Washington, D.C. as Plate X in the “Indian remains” section of volume II of The United States Naval Astronomical Survey to the Southern Hemisphere, written by Thomas Ewbank (1792–1870).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Senate Book of U.S. Naval Astonomical Expedition
- book
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- Chromolithograph
- Hand-Color Lithograph
- Engraving
- date made
- 1855
- original artist
- Wallis, O. J.
- Dreser, William
- Herbst, Francis
- graphic artist
- Sinclair, Thomas
- Dougal, William H.
- Duval, Peter S.
- printer
- Nicholson, A. O. P.
- publisher
- United States Navy
- original artist
- Richard, John H.
- Stanley, John Mix
- Siebert, Selmar
- author
- Cassin, John
- Ewbank, Thomas
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton
- Gilliss, James Melville
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 cm x 24 cm; 11 13/16 in x 9 7/16 in
- overall: 48 cm x 29.7 cm; 18 7/8 in x 11 11/16 in
- book print location
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- print location of some prints
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Associated Place
- South America
- ID Number
- 2007.0204.01
- accession number
- 2007.0204
- catalog number
- 2007.0204.01
- subject
- Anthropolgy
- Amphibians
- Mammals
- Navy
- U.S. Congress
- South America
- Environmental History
- Birds
- Fish
- Fossils
- Shells
- Indians
- Reptiles
- Maps
- Exploration and Discovery
- Art
- Communications
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Measuring & Mapping
- Military
- Natural Resources
- Science & Mathematics
- Survey Prints
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- Culture and the Arts: Graphic Arts
- Survey Prints
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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