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COMMODORE MATTHEW PERRY JAPAN EXPEDITION PRINTS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
COMMODORE MATTHEW PERRY JAPAN EXPEDITION PRINTS
Set of nineteen lithograph prints from the book '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 Matthew Calbraith Perry , United States Navy', 11 x 7.5 inches. Some prints were originally photographs taken by Eliphalet M. Brown, Jr., (1816-1886). Printed by T. Sinclair's Lith., Sarony & Co., Ackerman Lith., and P.S. Duval & Co. Likely cut from a book. Prints exhibit some stains and minor tears. Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858), younger brother of Oliver Hazard Perry, was a commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War. He played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.