Carpophaga microcera
date: label: Date made
content: 1858
name: label: Associated Name
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: original artist
content: Sheppard, E.
label: graphic artist
content: Dougal, W. H.
label: printer
content: Sherman, C.
label: author
content: Cassin, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image of "Carpophaga microcera" (now Ducula pacifica mocrocera - Pacific Imperial Pigeon) for the publication "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," Volume 8, Mammalogy and Ornithology, plate 29, in the edition Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1858. The engraving was produced by W. H. Dougal after E. Sheppard.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: Associated Place
content: Samoa
topic: label: related event
content: U.S. Exploring Expedition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Wilkes Blocks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0145.411
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.411
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plate
label: Object Name
content: plate, printing
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 43.1 cm x 28.7 cm; 16 31/32 in x 11 5/16 in