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Description "Andes, near Alparmarca (i.e. Alpamarca), Peru", "Drawing shows a man on horseback, his back to the viewer, facing toward the Andes Mountains. Alfred Agate participated in the Charles Wilkes expedition to western North America, South America, Australia and the South Pacific from 1838 to 1842." "1 drawing : watercolor, gouache, lead white, and ink over graphite underdrawing"
Date between 1838 and 1842
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1838-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1842-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source Library of Congress[1]
Author
Alfred Thomas Agate (1812–1846)  wikidata:Q3373427
 
Alfred Thomas Agate
Alternative names
Alfred T. Agate; Alfred Agate
Description American explorer, painter and scientific illustrator
Date of birth/death 14 February 1812 Edit this at Wikidata 5 January 1846 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Sparta Edit this at Wikidata Washington, D.C. Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q3373427
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