Water Color Sketch of Surveying Party
Water Color Sketch of Surveying Party
- Description
- George E. Gladwin (1829-1920) taught drawing at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute for almost thirty years, and spent his free time making drawings, paintings and sketches. This charming image depicts four men along a rural sea shore. One holds a vertical rod, one looks through a telescopic plane table, and two sit on the ground. These men may be working for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the organization that transferred this image to the Smithsonian. The signature in lower left reads “Geo. E. Gladwin 1895.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1895
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/2 in x 22 in; 24.13 cm x 55.88 cm
- ID Number
- PH.317420
- accession number
- 230280
- catalog number
- 317420
- Credit Line
- U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Measuring & Mapping
- Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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