Object Details
- publisher
- U.S. War Department
- printer
- Tucker, Beverley
- author
- Williamson, Robert Stockton
- original artist
- Koppel, Charles
- graphic artist
- unknown
- publisher
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Command
- Description
- This chromolithograph of “Los Angeles” was originally drawn by Charles Koppel. It was printed as Plate X in the first report of volume V of Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, “Explorations in California for Railroad Routes, to Connect with the Routes near the 35th and 32nd Parallels of North Latitude by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical Engineers.” The volume was printed in 1857 by Beverley Tucker in Washington, D.C.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Estate of Lt. Col. Edgar A. Mearns, USA (Ret.)
- 1856
- ID Number
- GA.10729.36
- accession number
- 62261
- Object Name
- Object Type
- Tinted Lithograph
- Other Terms
- print; Chromolithograph
- Physical Description
- paper (overall materials)
- ink (overall materials)
- Measurements
- overall: 23.3 cm x 29.8 cm; 9 3/16 in x 11 3/4 in
- location of book publication
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Measuring & Mapping
- Science & Mathematics
- Communications
- Art
- Military
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Natural Resources
- Survey Prints
- Transcontinental Railroad
- Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_802444
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-f30e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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