View from Monument No IV on the Sierra de las Tinajas Altas looking east towards Monument No V, Plate 59, View from Monument IV looking west towards Monument No III, Plate 60
View from Monument No IV on the Sierra de las Tinajas Altas looking east towards Monument No V, Plate 59, View from Monument IV looking west towards Monument No III, Plate 60
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- Description (Brief)
- James D. Smillie (1833-1909) of New York engraved these images presented as one print for two views, plates 59 and 60, after original illustrations by Arthur Schott (1814-1875). They were published in Chapter IV "Sketch of Territory Acquired by Treaty of December 30, 1853" by William H. Emory (1811-1887) in Volume 1, Part 1 of the Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. The volume was printed in 1857 by A. O. P. Nicholson of Washington, D.C.
- The drawing titles are: "View from Monument No. IV on the Sierra de las Tinajas Altas looking east towards Monument No. V," and "View from Monument IV looking west towards Monument No. III."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Object Type
- Etching
- date made
- 1860
- 1860
- original artist
- Schott, Arthur
- graphic artist
- Smillie, James David
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 28.6 cm x 22.8 cm; 11 1/4 in x 8 31/32 in
- ID Number
- 2016.0017.05
- catalog number
- 2016.0017.05
- accession number
- 2016.0017
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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