Water Color Sketch of Surveying Party
date: label: date made
content: 1895
notes: label: Description
content: George E. Gladwin (1829-1920) taught drawing at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute for almost thirty years, and spent his free time making drawings, paintings and sketches. This charming image depicts four men along a rural sea shore. One holds a vertical rod, one looks through a telescopic plane table, and two sit on the ground. These men may be working for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the organization that transferred this image to the Smithsonian. The signature in lower left reads “Geo. E. Gladwin 1895.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.317420
label: accession number
content: 230280
label: catalog number
content: 317420
objectType: label: Object Name
content: watercolor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 22 in; 24.13 cm x 55.88 cm