Engraved wood block "Native of Australia"
- Description
- Richard H. Pease (1813–1869) engraved this printing block after a drawing, Native of Australia, by Expedition Artist Alfred T. Agate. The wood engraving illustration was published on page 196 of Volume II of the U.S. Exploring Expedition Narrative by Charles Wilkes, 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- block
- Object Type
- relief
- Wood Engraving
- Date made
- 1845
- ca 1844
- publisher
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Pease, Richard H.
- original artist
- Agate, A. T.
- printer
- Sherman, Conger
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- 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
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.113
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.113
- subject
- Natural Resources
- Art
- Measuring & Mapping
- Wilkes
- event
- U.S. Exploring Expedition
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Graphic Arts
- Wilkes
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Publication title
- The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
- Publication URL
- http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/index.htm
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