Chief Temple, Hakodadi. Caption title

by Commodore Matthew Perry, Wilhelm Heine, Sarony, Co, Lithographers

A$150 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Washington . A.O.P. Nicholson . circa 1856. . Stock ID #176559 Tinted lithograph 15 x 22.5 cm, 22 x 28.8 cm sheet , edges a little soiled and creased, but the image in very good condition; a vivid impression. Fine detailed view by Wilhelm Heine rendered on the spot, from nature , the lithograph with beautifully rendered tonal contrast, prepared for Commodore Perry's Narrative of the Expedition of an American

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