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- Description (Brief)
- This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image of "Port Praya Cape De Verdes" for the publication "The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," 1844, Volume 1, page 31, in the edition Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1845. The engraving was produced after a sketch by Charles Wilkes and A.T. Agate by William H. Ellis.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1845
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- original artist
- Agate, A. T.
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Ellis, W.H.
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- Maker
- Lea & Blanchard
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.313
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.313
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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 154. The image was drawn by J. Drayton and drawn on wood by J. H. Manning. It was engraved by J. H. Brightly, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1844
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Brightly, J. H.
- original artist
- Drayton, Joseph
- illustrator
- Manning, J. H.
- stereotyper
- Fagan, J.
- publisher
- Lea & Blanchard
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.110
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.110
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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 1 (page 225 of the Lea & Blanchard stereotyped copy). The image was drawn by J. Drayton, and drawn on wood by J. H. Manning. It was engraved by R. H. Pease, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- ca 1844
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Pease, Richard H.
- stereotyper
- Fagan, J.
- publisher
- Lea & Blanchard
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- original artist
- Drayton, Joseph
- illustrator
- Manning, J. H.
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.067
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.067
- accession number
- 1999.0145
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- Description (Brief)
- This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image of "Indian Burial Place, Oregon" for the publication "The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," 1844, Volume 5, page 233, in the edition Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1845. The engraving was produced by the firm of Smillie and Hinshelwood after a sketch by A. T. Agate.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1845
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- original artist
- Agate, A. T.
- graphic artist
- Smillie and Hinshelwood
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- Maker
- Lea & Blanchard
- maker
- Agate, A. T.
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.387
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.387
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- Description (Brief)
- This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image of "Settlers Cottage N.S. Wales" for the publication "The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," 1844, Volume 2, following page 276, in the edition Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1845. The engraving was produced by William H. Ellis after a sketch by A. T. Agate.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1845
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- original artist
- Agate, A. T.
- graphic artist
- Ellis, W.H.
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- Maker
- Lea & Blanchard
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.340
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.340
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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 1 (page 110 of the Lea & Blanchard 1845 stereotyped copy). The image was drawn by Charles Wilkes. It was engraved by R. H. Pease, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- ca 1844
- date made
- ca 1844
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- stereotyper
- Fagan, J.
- publisher
- Lea & Blanchard
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Pease, Richard H.
- original artist
- Wilkes, Charles
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.053
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.053
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- Description (Brief)
- This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image of "Orange Harbor, Terra del Fuego" for the publication "The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," 1844, Volume 1, page 124, in the edition Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1845. The engraving was produced by D. Kimberly after a sketch by A.T. Agate.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1845
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- original artist
- Agate, A. T.
- graphic artist
- Kimberly, D.
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- Maker
- Lea & Blanchard
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.318
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.318
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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 5, page 205. The image was drawn by A. T. Agate, and drawn on wood by G. Armstrong. 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 1841-45) engraved this printing block after a drawing, Indians Pounding Acorns at New Helvetia (near present-day Sacramento, California), by Expedition Artist Alfred T. Agate. The wood engraving illustration was published on page 205 of Volume V of the U.S. Exploring Expedition Narrative by Charles Wilkes, 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- ca 1844
- ca 1844
- publisher
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Butler, Joline J.
- original artist
- Agate, A. T.
- Armstrong, G.
- printer
- Sherman, Conger
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.207
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.207
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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 3, page 26. The image was drawn by A.T. Agate. It was engraved by R.S. Gilbert, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1844
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Gilbert, R.S.
- original artist
- Agate, A. T.
- stereotyper
- Fagan, J.
- publisher
- Lea & Blanchard
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.142
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.142
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- Description (Brief)
- This engraved wood block was likely prepared to print an image in the publication "The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842." The image was not published with any of the expedition volumes but is of the same style and subject as images in that publication. A plate engraved image of the same subject after Joseph Drayton was published as "Stacking Rice, Luzon," in Volume 5, page 306. The engraved plate is not a holding of the Graphic Arts Collection.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1845-56
- 1845
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- engraver
- Butler, J. J.
- original artist
- unknown
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.301
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.301
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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 5, page 155. The image was drawn by an unknown artist. It was engraved by J.J. Butler, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1844
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Butler, J. J.
- original artist
- unknown
- stereotyper
- Fagan, J.
- publisher
- Lea & Blanchard
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.205
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.205
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- Description (Brief)
- This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image showing four fish species in the never published Volume 21-22, Ichthyology, part of the series of publications the "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842." The plate images were engraved by W. H. Dougal after Joseph Drayton.
- Description
- William H. Dougal (1822–1895) of New York and Washington, D.C., (after 1844) engraved this copper printing plate depicting four species of fish documented by the U.S. Exploring Expedition. The illustrations were to be published in Volumes XXII and XXIII, Ichthyology, by Louis Agassiz. Dougal engraved 26 of the 28 plates for this volume which was never printed.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1849
- 1862
- publisher
- Wilkes, Charles
- original artist
- Drayton, Joseph
- graphic artist
- Dougal, William H.
- author
- Agassiz, Louis
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.435
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.435
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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 5, page 12. The image was drawn by A.T. Agate. It was engraved by R.H. Pease, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1844
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Pease, Richard H.
- original artist
- Agate, A. T.
- stereotyper
- Fagan, J.
- publisher
- Lea & Blanchard
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.186
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.186
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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 3, page 129. The image was drawn by A.T. Agate. It was engraved by J.J. Butler, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1844
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Butler, J. J.
- original artist
- Agate, A. T.
- stereotyper
- Fagan, J.
- publisher
- Lea & Blanchard
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.152
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.152
- accession number
- 1999.0145
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- Description (Brief)
- This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image of "Chinook Lodge" for the publication "The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," 1844, Volume 4, preceding page 341, in the edition Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1845. The engraving was produced by R. W. Dodson after a sketch by A. T. Agate.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1845
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- original artist
- Agate, A. T.
- graphic artist
- Dodson, R.W.
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- Maker
- Lea & Blanchard
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.377
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.377
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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 294. The image was drawn by A. T. Agate. It was engraved by R. H. Pease, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1844
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Pease, Richard H.
- original artist
- Agate, A. T.
- stereotyper
- Fagan, J.
- publisher
- Lea & Blanchard
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.119
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.119
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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 5, page 332. The image was drawn by F.D. Stuart. It was engraved by R.S. Gilbert, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1844
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Gilbert, R.S.
- original artist
- Stuart, F. D.
- stereotyper
- Fagan, J.
- publisher
- Lea & Blanchard
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.223
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.223
- accession number
- 1999.0145
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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 1 (page 334 of the Lea & Blanchard stereotyped copy). The image was drawn by Joseph Drayton, and drawn on wood by John H. Manning. It was engraved by O'Brien, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Description
- Robert O'Brien engraved this printing block after a drawing, Natives of Wytoohee, by Expedition Artist Joseph Drayton. Wytoohee is part of the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. The wood engraving illustration was published on page 334 of Volume I of the U.S. Exploring Expedition Narrative by Charles Wilkes, 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- ca 1844
- ca 1844
- publisher
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- O'Brien
- original artist
- Drayton, Joseph
- graphic artist
- Manning, John H.
- printer
- Sherman, Conger
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.081
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.081
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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 3, page 79. The image was drawn by J. Drayton and W.G. Armstrong on wood. It was engraved by R.S. Gilbert, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1844
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- graphic artist
- Gilbert, R.S.
- original artist
- Drayton, Joseph
- Armstrong, W.G.
- stereotyper
- Fagan, J.
- publisher
- Lea & Blanchard
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- author
- Wilkes, Charles
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.147
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.147
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- Description (Brief)
- This engraved wood block was used to print an image in the publication "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Zoophytes," 1846, Volume 7, Chapter 4, "Actinoidea," page 66, figure 26, "Zoanthus Ellisii." The image was drawn by Joseph Drayton and was engraved by an unknown artist. It was originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1845
- 1846
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- engraver
- unknown
- illustrator
- unknown
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- author
- Dana, James Dwight
- collaborator
- Wilkes, Charles
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.258
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.258
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