Engraved wood block "Ohwa Tree"
Engraved wood block "Ohwa Tree"
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- Description (Brief)
- This engraved wood block was used to print an image in the publication "Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," 1844, Volume 2, page 126. The image was drawn by T. R. Peale. It was engraved by J. J. Butler, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Description
- Joline J. Butler (about 1815–1846, working in New York City between 1841 and 1845) engraved this printing block after a drawing, Ohwa Tree, from the Samoan Group islands, by Expedition Naturalist Titian Ramsey Peale. The wood engraving illustration was published on page 126 of Volume II of the U.S. Exploring Expedition Narrative by Charles Wilkes, 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- block
- block, printing
- Object Type
- relief
- block printing
- Wood Engraving
- Date made
- ca 1844
- ca 1844
- publisher
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Butler, Joline J.
- original artist
- Peale, Titian Ramsay
- printer
- Sherman, Conger
- Wilkes, Charles
- 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
- 1999.0145.104
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.104
- U.S. Exploring Expedition
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Natural Resources
- Art
- Wilkes Blocks
- Measuring & Mapping
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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