Engraved woodblock of "The Warrior and his Bride"
- Description
- This engraved woodblock of “The Warrior and his Bride” was prepared by Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887) and the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the print was published in 1875 as Figure 15 (p.44) 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).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1875
- publisher
- Bureau of American Ethnology
- printer
- Government Printing Office
- author
- Powell, John Wesley
- graphic artist
- Nichols, H. H.
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- engraving (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.2 cm x 14 cm x 2.3 cm; 4 in x 5 1/2 in x 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1980.0219.0465
- accession number
- 1980.0219
- catalog number
- 1980.0219.0465
- subject
- Native Americans
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Graphic Arts
- Cultures & Communities
- Science & Mathematics
- Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection
- Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection
- Communications
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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