Engraved wood block "Street View at Honolulu"
- Description
- Joline J. Butler (about 1815–1846, working in New York City between 1841 and 1845) engraved this printing block after a drawing called Street View of Honolulu by Expedition Artist Alfred T. Agate. The wood engraving illustration was published on page 415 of Volume III 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
- Butler, Joline J.
- original artist
- Agate, Alfred T.
- graphic artist
- Armstrong, William G.
- 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
- 1999.0145.184
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.184
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- subject
- Work
- Art
- Transportation
- Exploration and Discovery
- Cultures & Communities
- 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
- depicted
- Wilkes, Charles. Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition
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