Dean's Island
date: label: date made
content: ca 1844
name: label: Associated Name
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: original artist
content: Agate, A. T.
label: stereotyper
content: Fagan, J.
label: publisher
content: Lea & Blanchard
label: printer
content: Sherman, C.
label: author
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: graphic artist
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This engraved wood block was prepared 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 342 of the Lea & Blanchard stereotyped copy). The intaglio plate image of the same title used in the publication is listed as having been drawn by A. T. Agate and engraved by W. H. Tappan. The plate image was 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: 1999.0145.090
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.090
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