Numenius femoralis
date: label: Date made
content: 1858
name: label: Associated Name
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: original artist
content: Hitchcock, W. 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 "Numenius femoralis" (now Numenius tahitiensis - Bristle-thighed Curlew) for the publication "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," Volume 8, Mammalogy and Ornithology, plate 37, in the edition Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1858. The engraving was produced by W. H. Dougal after W. E. Hitchcock.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: Associated Place
content: Pacific Islands
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Alaska
topic: label: related event
content: U.S. Exploring Expedition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
label: See more items in
content: Wilkes Blocks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0145.417
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.417
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: 28.5 cm x 43.2 cm; 11 7/32 in x 17 in