Engraved woodblock of a “Fault with thrown beds flexed upward”
Engraved woodblock of a “Fault with thrown beds flexed upward”
- Description
- This engraved woodblock of a “Fault with thrown beds flexed upward” was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the print was published in 1875 as Figure 71 (p.184) in Report of the Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries. Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution by John Wesley Powell (1834-1902).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1875
- 1875
- printer
- Government Printing Office
- publisher
- Bureau of American Ethnology
- author
- Powell, John Wesley
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- engraving (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 5.2 cm x 10.4 cm x 2.3 cm; 2 1/16 in x 4 1/8 in x 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1980.0219.0101
- catalog number
- 1980.0219.0101
- accession number
- 1980.0219
- subject
- Native Americans
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- Culture and the Arts: Graphic Arts
- Science & Mathematics
- Cultures & Communities
- Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection
- Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection
- Communications
- Art
- Natural Resources
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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