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Title
Grave Creek Mound, Moundsville, West Virginia
Names
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875 (Artist)
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856? (Lithographer)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Burial customs - American Indian

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1851
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC BURI - Ame
Topics
Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites
Indians of North America -- Antiquities & archaelogical sites
Mounds (Burials) -- West Virginia -- Moundsville
Adena culture
Grave goods
Genres
Illustrations
Notes
Content: "Section through Grave-Creek Mound" "Found in Small Mound, Grave Cr." "Found in Wheeling Valley. Full Size."--printed on image.
Statement of responsibility: "Drawn by Capt. S. Eastman, U.S.A." "Lith. Printed & Cold. by J. T. Bowen, Phil."--printed on border.
Source note: From Information respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States. Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe ; 1793-1864. Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1851-1857. 6 v., v.1 has title "Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States"
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 29 x 21.5 cm
Color lithograph.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17261466
Barcode: 33333159463708
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e1083f30-c53c-012f-cb0f-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1808: Creator Born
  • 1851: Issued
  • 1875: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Grave Creek Mound, Moundsville, West Virginia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1851. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cd30-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Grave Creek Mound, Moundsville, West Virginia" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 2, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cd30-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1851). Grave Creek Mound, Moundsville, West Virginia Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cd30-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Grave Creek Mound, Moundsville, West Virginia