Engraved wood block "Madeira Boat"
Engraved wood block "Madeira Boat"
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- Description
- Joseph H. Brightly (about 1818–about 1858) of Philadelphia and New York City engraved this printing block after a drawing of a Portugese Madeira Boat by expedition artist Joseph Drayton. The wood engraving illustration was published on page 26 of Volume I of the U.S. Exploring Expedition Narrative by Charles Wilkes, 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- block, printing
- block
- Object Type
- relief
- block printing
- Wood Engraving
- Date made
- ca 1844
- ca 1844
- publisher
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Brightly, Joseph H.
- Wilkes, Charles
- original artist
- Drayton, Joseph
- printer
- Sherman, Conger
- Place Made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in x 4 in; 7.62 cm x 10.16 cm
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.005
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.005
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.005
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- U.S. Exploring Expedition
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Measuring & Mapping
- Wilkes Blocks
- Art
- Natural Resources
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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