Engraved printing plate "Ichthyology, Pl."
date: label: Date made
content: 1849
name: label: publisher
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: original artist
content: Drayton, Joseph
label: graphic artist
content: Dougal, William H.
label: author
content: Agassiz, Louis
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image showing three species of shark in the never published Volume 21-22, Ichthyology, part of the series of publications the "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842." The plate images were engraved by W. H. Dougal after Joseph Drayton.
label: Description
content: William H. Dougal (1822–1895) of New York and Washington, D.C., (after 1844) engraved this copper printing plate depicting three species of shark documented by the U.S. Exploring Expedition. The engraved illustrations were to be published in volumes XXII and XXIII, <I>Ichthyology,</I> by Louis Agassiz. Dougal engraved 26 of the 28 plates for this volume which was never printed.
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: Science & Mathematics
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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: 1999.0145.437
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.437
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: 43.2 cm x 28.7 cm; 17 in x 11 5/16 in