Lieut. Grovers Despatch - Return of Governor Stevens to Fort Benton
date: label: date made
content: 1856
label: date made
content: 1853-1954
label: date made
content: 1853-1854
name: label: graphic artist
content: Sarony, Major, & Knapp
label: original artist
content: Stanley, John Mix
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This tinted lithograph of “Lieut. Grovers Despatch - Return of Governor Stevens to Fort Benton" was produced by Sarony, Major & Knapp (fl. 1857-1867) after an original sketch by John Mix Stanley (1814-1872). It was printed as Plate XXV (sometimes XXXVII) in Volume XII, following page 106, in the "General Report" by Isaac I. Stevens (1818-1862) in the "Report of Explorations for a Route for the Pacific Railroad near the 47th and 49th Parallels of North Latitude, from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Puget Sound," 1855.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The volume was published as part of the "Explorations and Surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a Railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean," published as a twelve volume set in the mid-1850s to 1860. Volume 12 was printed in 1860 by Thomas H. Ford (1814-1868).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0015.01
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0015.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0015
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Tinted Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Tinted Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.2 cm x 27.7 cm; 7 15/16 in x 10 29/32 in