Surveyors at Work
date: label: date made
content: 1895
notes: label: Description
content: George E. Gladwin (1829-1920) taught drawing at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute for almost thirty years, and spent his free time making drawings, paintings and sketches. This charming image depicts three men standing around a plane table. These men may be working for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the organization that transferred this image to the Smithsonian. The signature in lower left reads “Geo. E. Gladwin 1895.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.317419
label: catalog number
content: 317419
label: accession number
content: 230280
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 7/8 in x 17 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 30.1625 cm x 43.4975 cm x 1.27 cm