Engraved wood block "Indians Pounding Acorns"
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1844
label: Date made
content: ca 1844
name: label: publisher
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: graphic artist
content: Butler, Joline J.
label: original artist
content: Agate, A. T.
label: original artist
content: Armstrong, G.
label: printer
content: Sherman, Conger
label: author
content: Wilkes, Charles
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Joline J. Butler (about 1815–1846, working in New York City 1841-45) engraved this printing block after a drawing, <I>Indians Pounding Acorns</I> 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 <I>Narrative</I> by Charles Wilkes, 1844.
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
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Art
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content: Wilkes Blocks
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content: Measuring & Mapping
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/index.htm
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0145.207
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.207
objectType: label: Object Name
content: block
label: Object Name
content: block, printing
label: Object Type
content: relief
label: Object Type
content: block printing
label: Object Type
content: Wood Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 4 in; 7.62 cm x 10.16 cm