Parhelia
date: label: Date made
content: 1845
label: date made
content: 1844
name: label: Associated Name
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: original artist
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: graphic artist
content: Dougal, W. H.
label: printer
content: Sherman, C.
label: Maker
content: Lea & Blanchard
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image of "Parhelia" for the publication "The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," 1844, Volume 3, page 4, in the edition Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1845. The engraving was produced by William H. Dougal after a sketch by Charles Wilkes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Exploration and Discovery
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: 1999.0145.351
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.351
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plate
label: Object Name
content: plate, printing
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44.1 cm x 25.3 cm; 17 3/8 in x 9 31/32 in