Engraved printing plate "Ichthyology, Pl."
- Description
- William H. Dougal (1822–1895) of New York and Washington, D.C., (after 1844) engraved this copper printing plate depicting three species of shark documented by the U.S. Exploring Expedition. The engraved illustrations were to be published in volumes XXII and XXIII, Ichthyology, by Louis Agassiz. Dougal engraved 26 of the 28 plates for this volume which was never printed.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- plate
- Object Type
- Engraving
- Date made
- 1849
- publisher
- Wilkes, Charles
- original artist
- Drayton, Joseph
- graphic artist
- Dougal, William H.
- author
- Agassiz, Louis
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 43.2 cm x 28.7 cm; 17 in x 11 5/16 in
- Place Made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.437
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.437
- subject
- Natural Resources
- Art
- Measuring & Mapping
- Science & Mathematics
- 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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