Grus fraterculus (Little Crane)
date: label: date of book publication
content: 1859
label: date of book publication
content: 1859
name: label: original artist
content: Mollhausen, H. B.
label: original artist
content: Kennerley, Caleb Burwell Rowan
label: printer
content: Nicholson, A. O. P.
label: original artist
content: Mollhausen, H. B.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This colored lithograph of "Grus fraterculus (Little Crane)" is believed to have been originally drawn by C. B. R. Kennerly (1830-1861) and H. B. Mollhausen (1825-1905), then drawn on stone by William E. Hitchcock (ca 1822-ca 1906), lithographed by Bowen & Company of Philadelphia (ca 1840-1870), and likely hand colored by Bowen firm colorists or Lavinia Bowen (ca 1820- ca 1872).
label: Description (Brief)
content: The image was published as Plate XXXVII in the Zoological Report, Volume X, Part VI, No. 3, following page 35 in C. B. R. Kennerly's "Report Upon the Birds of the Route" (near the 35th Parallel explored by Lieutenant Whipple in 1853 and 1855). The report was published in the volume “Reports and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean ... 1853, 1856, Volume X," printed in 1859 by Beverley Tucker of Washington, D.C.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Transcontinental Railroad
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.16332.044
label: catalog number
content: 16332.044
label: accession number
content: 1930.110179
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Tinted Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.9 cm x 23.8 cm; 7 1/16 in x 9 3/8 in