Com. Perry's visit to Shui, Lew Chew. Caption title

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

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Washington . A.O.P. Nicholson . circa 1856. . Stock ID #176642 Tinted lithograph 15.2 x 22.6 cm, 22.1 x 28.8 cm sheet , edges a little age-toned, lower edge ragged, but the image in very good condition. View by official artist, Wilhelm Heine of the representation by Commodore Perry to Shuri Castle in Okinawa in June, 1853. It was an impressive, and intended, show of force, not lost on the Japanese hosts. The view

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