Hakodadi from Telegraph Hill. Caption title

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

A$125 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Washington . A.O.P. Nicholson . circa 1856 . Stock ID #176637 Tinted lithograph, 15 x 22.4 cm, image , 22.7 x 28.9 cm sheet , marginal edge wear and discolouration, lower edge creased and chipped, but in good condition. A beautiful composition by William Heine, prepared for Commodore Perry's Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan... . Perry visited Hakodate in May-June

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