[PERRY, COMMODORE MATTHEW]. HEINE, WILHELM; SARONY & CO. (LITHOGRAPHERS)

Simoda from the American Grave Yard. [Caption title]

(Washington). (A.O.P. Nicholson). [circa 1856.]. Stock ID #176560

Tinted lithograph 15.1 x 22.1 cm, 22.1 x 28.7 cm (sheet), edges a little age toned and creased, but the image in very good condition.

View by Wilhelm Heine prepared for Commodore Perry's "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan...". Perry's expedition visited Simoda (Shimoda) in April-May 1854. The view records the funeral of a young American sailor, who perished in an accident aboard the vessel Powhatan (Perry's flagship, a steam frigate, seen at anchor in the background, along with two three other vessels).

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Price: $125.00 AU

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