National Museum of American History
Engraved wood block "Madeira Boat"
Wilkes, Charles · ca 1844
Joseph H. Brightly (about 1818–about 1858) of Philadelphia and New York City engraved this printing block after a drawing of a Portugese <I>Madeira Boat</I> by expedition artist Joseph Drayton. The wood engraving illustration was published on page 26 of Volume I of the U.S. Exploring Expedition <I>Narrative</I> by Charles Wilkes, 1844.
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