Engraved wood block "Street View at Honolulu"
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1844
label: Date made
content: ca 1844
name: label: publisher
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: graphic artist
content: Butler, Joline J.
label: original artist
content: Agate, Alfred T.
label: original artist
content: Armstrong, William G.
label: printer
content: Sherman, Conger
label: author
content: Wilkes, Charles
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 3, page 415. The image was drawn by A. T. Agate, and drawn on wood by W. G. Armstrong. It was engraved by J. J. Butler, and originally printed by C. Sherman of Philadelphia in 1844.
label: Description
content: Joline J. Butler (about 1815–1846, working in New York City between 1841 and 1845) engraved this printing block after a drawing called <I>Street View of Honolulu</I> by Expedition Artist Alfred T. Agate. The wood engraving illustration was published on page 415 of Volume III of the U.S. Exploring Expedition <I>Narrative</I> by Charles Wilkes, 1844.
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
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content: Wilkes Blocks
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Wilkes, Charles. Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0145.184
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.184
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
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