Longwood, from the Gate, St-Helena. [Caption Title].
(Washington). (A.O.P. Nicholson). ( 1856). Stock ID #176726 From Perry's ''The Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854...'', by the expedition artist Wilhelm Heine, the figures from daguerrotypes by Eliphalet Brown. A view of the entrance to Longwood, once the final residence of the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte. Perry's squadron called at St. Helena in January, 1853 the crew visiting Longwood " In viewing the miserable building, where for more than five years, this extraordinary man resided... it is difficult to suppress a deep feeling of the instability of earthly glory." (Narrative, Volume 1) When referring to this item please quote stockid 176726.
Tinted lithograph, 15.3 x 22.3, 22.4 x 28.8 cm (sheet), small crescent-shaped stain (tidemark) upper right , lower edged ragged, but the image in very good condition.
Price: $75.00 AU