Engraved woodblock of a "Bird’s-eye view of cliffs of erosion"
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
label: date made
content: 1875
name: label: printer
content: Government Printing Office
label: publisher
content: Bureau of American Ethnology
label: author
content: Powell, John Wesley
label: graphic artist
content: Nichols, H. H.
label: block maker
content: V. W. & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This engraved woodblock of the “Bird’s-eye view of cliffs of erosion” was prepared and printed by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published in 1875 as Figure 74 (p.162) in <I>The Exploration of the Colorado River of the West</I> by John Wesley Powell (1834-1902). Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887) engraved the illustration which “depicts the Shin-ar’-ump Cliffs, Vermillion Cliffs, and Gray Cliffs, in order from right to left.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0219.1562
label: accession number
content: 1980.0219
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0219.1562
objectType: label: Object Name
content: block
label: Object Name
content: block, engraved wood
label: Object Type
content: Wood Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: engraving (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.5 cm x 11.3 cm x 2.3 cm; 6 1/8 in x 4 7/16 in x 7/8 in