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Sierra Nevada From the Four Creeks

Object Details

Description (Brief)
This tinted lithograph of “Sierra Nevada From the Four Creeks” was produced by A. Hoen & Company (active 1843-1945), Baltimore, after an original sketch by expedition geologist and artist William P. Blake (1826-1910). It was printed as Plate IV in Volume V, Part II following page 26 in the "Geological Report by W. P. Blake, Geologist and Minerologist to the Expedition," as part of the “Routes in California, to Connect with the Routes near the Thirty–Fifth and Thirty–Second Parallels, Explored by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical Engineers, in 1853."
The volume was printed as part of the "Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean" in 1856 by A. P. O. Nicholson (1808-1876) of Washington, D.C.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
graphic artist
A. Hoen & Co.
publisher
Tucker, Beverley
original artist
Blake, William Phipps
date made
1856
Physical Description
paper (overall materials)
ink (overall materials)
Measurements
overall: 23.5 cm x 30 cm; 9 1/4 in x 11 13/16 in
Object Name
Print
Object Type
Tinted Lithograph
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