Tattooings
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1844
label: date made
content: ca 1844
name: label: Associated Name
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: stereotyper
content: Fagan, J.
label: publisher
content: Lea & Blanchard
label: printer
content: Sherman, C.
label: author
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: graphic artist
content: Childs, Benjamin F.
label: original artist
content: Drayton, Joseph
label: original artist
content: Agate, A. T.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This engraved wood block was used to print an image in the publication "Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," 1844, Volume 1 (page 57 of the Lea & Blanchard 1845 stereotyped copy). The image was drawn by Joseph Drayton and A. T. Agate. It was engraved by B. F. Childs, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: related event
content: U.S. Exploring Expedition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
label: See more items in
content: Wilkes Blocks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0145.025
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.025
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Block
label: Object Name
content: block, printing
label: Object Type
content: relief
label: Object Type
content: block printing
label: Object Type
content: Wood Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 4 in; 7.62 cm x 10.16 cm