Engraved woodblock of "Climbing the Grand Canyon"
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
label: date made
content: 1875
name: label: publisher
content: Bureau of American Ethnology
label: printer
content: Government Printing Office
label: author
content: Powell, John Wesley
label: original artist
content: Moran, Thomas
label: graphic artist
content: King, Francis Scott
label: maker
content: V. W. & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This engraved woodblock of “Climbing the Grand Canyon” was prepared by F. S. King and the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the print was published in 1875 on page 98 of John Wesley Powell's <I>Report of the Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries. Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.</I> Thomas Moran (1837-1926) was the original artist.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0219.0474
label: accession number
content: 1980.0219
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0219.0474
objectType: label: Object Name
content: block
label: Object Name
content: block, engraved wood
label: Object Type
content: Wood Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: engraving (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.5 cm x 6.4 cm x 2.3 cm; 7 5/16 in x 2 1/2 in x 7/8 in