Grave Creek Mound, Moundsville, West Virginia
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Item data
Title
Grave Creek Mound, Moundsville, West Virginia
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Burial customs - American Indian
Names
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875 (Artist)
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856? (Lithographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1851
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC BURI - Ame
Subjects
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
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.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17261466
Barcode: 33333159463708
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e1083f30-c53c-012f-cb0f-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1851
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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/e1083f30-c53c-012f-cb0f-58d385a7bc34
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/e1083f30-c53c-012f-cb0f-58d385a7bc34
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 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e1083f30-c53c-012f-cb0f-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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