Engraved woodblock of the "Thomomys clusius" or Wyoming Pocket Gopher
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
label: date made
content: 1875
name: label: publisher
content: Bureau of American Ethnology
label: printer
content: Government Printing Office
label: graphic artist
content: Nichols, H. H.
label: original artist
content: Keene, S. W.
label: author
content: Coues, Elliott
label: block maker
content: V. W. & Co.
label: author
content: Powell, John Wesley
notes: label: Description
content: This engraved woodblock of “Tholomomys Chusius” or (Thomomys Clusius) Wyoming Pocket Gopher was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published in 1875 as Figure 80 (p.265) in <I>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</I> by John Wesley Powell (1834-1902). The image appears in Part Third, entitled “Zoology” by Elliott Coues (1842-1899). The illustration was engraved by Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0219.1088
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0219.1088
label: accession number
content: 1980.0219
objectType: label: Object Name
content: block
label: Object Name
content: block, engraved wood
label: Object Type
content: Wood Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: engraving (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.8 cm x 14.9 cm x 2.3 cm; 4 1/4 in x 5 7/8 in x 7/8 in