ANTIQUE JAPAN PERRY EXPEDITION COLOR LITHOGRAPHS

ANTIQUE JAPAN PERRY EXPEDITION COLOR LITHOGRAPHS

Six antique color lithograph prints including U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi Passing Punta Tristao, Napha from the Sea, Bay of Wodowara, Market Place at Napha after Peter Bernhard Wilhelm Heine (1827-1885), Prince of Idzu after Eliphalet Brown (American, 1816-1886), Commodore Perry meeting the Imperial Commissioners at Yokohama after W.T. Peters (American, 19th century). All the illustrations are from the Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States is a printed history, in 3 volumes, of the Perry Expedition, written by Francis L. Hawks, under the supervision of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, and using the written materials compiled by Perry and his colleagues on the expedition. The series was first presented as a report to the United States Senate, then published commercially, in 1856.

Dimensions: Average 11 3/8" x 9" in. All measurements are approximate.