Feejee Mbure
date: label: Date made
content: 1845
name: label: Associated Name
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: original artist
content: Drayton, Joseph
label: graphic artist
content: Smillie and Hinshelwood
label: printer
content: Sherman, C.
label: Maker
content: Lea & Blanchard
label: maker
content: Smillie and Hinshelwood
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image of "Feejee Mbure" or "Mbure-House" for the publication "The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," 1844, Volume 3, page 91, in the edition Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1845. The engraving was produced by the firm of Smillie & Hinshelwood after a sketch by Joseph Drayton.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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: 1999.0145.355
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.355
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plate
label: Object Name
content: plate, printing
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44.7 cm x 25.3 cm; 17 19/32 in x 9 31/32 in