Object Details
- publisher
- Wilkes, Charles
- original artist
- Dana, James Dwight
- graphic artist
- Sarony & Major
- printer
- Sherman, Conger
- Description (Brief)
- 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.
- Description
- 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, Geology, by James D. Dana, 1849.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1849
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.458
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.458
- Object Name
- stone, lithographic
- Object Type
- Lithographic Processes
- Physical Description
- stone (overall material)
- Measurements
- 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
- Place Made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Related Publication
- The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
- Related Web Publication
- http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/index.htm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Natural Resources
- Art
- Wilkes Blocks
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Fossils
- Shells
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- related event
- U.S. Exploring Expedition
- Record ID
- nmah_609478
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-24b8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
