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Image Title: Kita-Amerika Kyowa Seiji-Shu Jokan Shinzo No Utsushi, 1854

Date: Ca. 1854

Summary: Japanese print shows an American military officer (probably Captain Henry Adams).

Notes: Annotation in pencil on mount: (1) Envoy plenipotentiary Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry. (2) Actual portrait of an officer, Republic of North America. (3) Done at the time of the reception at Yokohama. (4) An American officer of Perry's Expedition (not Perry) ca. 1854 by an anonymous artist. Unquestionably it is Captain Adams. Information furnished by Commander Davis.

Subjects: Military officers--American--1850-1860

Original Media: Woodcut print

Collections: Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915 » more info...

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