Height of Waves
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1844
name: label: Associated Name
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: graphic artist
content: Childs, Benjamin F.
label: stereotyper
content: Fagan, J.
label: publisher
content: Lea & Blanchard
label: printer
content: Sherman, C.
label: author; original artist
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 1 (page 135 of the Lea & Blanchard stereotyped copy). The image was drawn by C. Wilkes. It was engraved by B. F. Childs, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 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
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: 1999.0145.061
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.061
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