1852 School Drawing of the Western Hemisphere
date: label: date made
content: 1852-10-02
notes: label: Description
content: An 1852 hand drawn map of the Western Hemisphere as perceived at the time by the student artist. The drawing delineates the countries and colonies in North, Central and South America by marking borders with dotted lines and painting the territories different colors. It names the poles, bodies of water, and various islands. However, it does not name individual countries for the most part. Two eagles have been drawn are below the globe on either side, above the inscription.
label: Description
content: This cartography school assignment was created by a student on October 2, 1852. The name of the student, as well as the title of the map, are not legible because they are written in a fanciful calligraphy. Any thoughts? The map is mounted under glass in a dark wooden frame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0095.075
label: accession number
content: 2017.0095
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0095.075
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0095.359
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (countries' colors material)
label: Physical Description
content: handwritten; painted (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 22 in x 1 in; 68.58 cm x 55.88 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: image: 19 1/2 in x 15 in; 49.53 cm x 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (framed): 26 3/4 in x 22 1/4 in x 1 in; 67.945 cm x 56.515 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: image (unframed): 20 in x 15 3/4 in; 50.8 cm x 40.005 cm