Carpophaga Wilkesii
date: label: Date made
content: 1858
name: label: Associated Name
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: original artist
content: Peale, Titian Ramsay
label: graphic artist
content: Hinshelwood, Robert
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 "Carpophaga Wilkesii" (now Ducula aurorae - Polynesian imperial pigeon) for the publication "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," Volume 8, Mammalogy and Ornithology, plate 25, in the edition Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1858. The engraving was produced by Hinshelwood after T. R. Peale.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: Associated Place
content: French Polynesia
topic: label: related event
content: U.S. Exploring Expedition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Wilkes Blocks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0145.408
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.408
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: 42.9 cm x 28.5 cm; 16 7/8 in x 11 7/32 in