Lithographic printing stone "Australian Fossils Pl. 4"
date: label: Date made
content: 1849
name: label: publisher
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: original artist
content: Dana, James Dwight
label: graphic artist
content: Sarony & Major
label: printer
content: Sherman, Conger
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The image on this lithographic stone was prepared to print an image in the publication "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," Volume 10, "Geology - Atlas," 1849. The image depicts "Australian Fossils, Plate 4." The images was prepared by the lithographic firm Sarony & Major after illustrations by James Dwight Dana.
label: Description
content: The firm of Sarony & Major of Philadelphia, working between 1846 and 1857, prepared this lithographic printing stone after a drawing by Expedition Mineralogist James Dwight Dana (1813–1895) depicting Australian fossils. The lithographic illustration was published as Plate 4 in U.S. Exploring Expedition Volume X, <I>Geology,</I> by James D. Dana, 1849.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Fossils
label: Subject
content: Shells
label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
label: related event
content: U.S. Exploring Expedition
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Art
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content: Wilkes Blocks
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content: Measuring & Mapping
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/index.htm
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0145.458
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.458
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stone, lithographic
label: Object Type
content: Lithographic Processes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: stone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 43.4 cm x 32.6 cm x 5.6 cm; 17 1/16 in x 12 13/16 in x 2 3/16 in