Chromolithograph of "Colorado Desert and Signal Mountain"

Description (Brief):

This tinted lithograph of “Colorado Desert and Signal Mountain" was produced after an original sketch by expedition artist Charles Koppel (fl. 1853-1865). It was printed as Plate XI in Volume V, Part I, following page 40, in the "General Report," part of the “Routes in California, to Connect with the Routes near the Thirty–Fifth and Thirty–Second Parallels, Explored by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical Engineers, in 1853."

Description (Brief)

The volume was printed as part of the "Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean" in 1856 by A. P. O. Nicholson (1808-1876) of Washington, D.C.

Date Made: 1856

Original Artist: Koppel, CharlesPublisher: U.S. War DepartmentAuthor: Williamson, Robert StocktonPrinter: Tucker, BeverleyGraphic Artist: unknownPublisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Command

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: District of Columbia

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Credit Line: Estate of Lt. Col. Edgar A. Mearns, USA (Ret.)

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.10729.26Accession Number: 62261

Object Name: printObject Type: Tinted LithographOther Terms: print; Chromolithograph

Physical Description: paper (overall materials)ink (overall materials)Measurements: overall: 23.2 cm x 29.9 cm; 9 1/8 in x 11 3/4 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-f490-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_802445

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