Lithographic printing stone "Australian Fossils Pl. 4"
Lithographic printing stone "Australian Fossils Pl. 4"
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- Description (Brief)
- The image on this lithographic stone was prepared to print an image in the publication "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," Volume 10, "Geology - Atlas," 1849. The image depicts "Australian Fossils, Plate 4." The images was prepared by the lithographic firm Sarony & Major after illustrations by James Dwight Dana.
- Description
- The firm of Sarony & Major of Philadelphia, working between 1846 and 1857, prepared this lithographic printing stone after a drawing by Expedition Mineralogist James Dwight Dana (1813–1895) depicting Australian fossils. The lithographic illustration was published as Plate 4 in U.S. Exploring Expedition Volume X, Geology, by James D. Dana, 1849.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- stone, lithographic
- Object Type
- Lithographic Processes
- Date made
- 1849
- publisher
- Wilkes, Charles
- original artist
- Dana, James Dwight
- graphic artist
- Sarony & Major
- printer
- Sherman, Conger
- Place Made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- stone (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 43.4 cm x 32.6 cm x 5.6 cm; 17 1/16 in x 12 13/16 in x 2 3/16 in
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.458
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.458
- subject
- Fossils
- Shells
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- 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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