Delivering of the American presents at Yokuhama / from nature by W.T. ; lith. of Sarony & Co., New York. – Historic Reproduction
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Delivering of the American presents at Yokuhama / from nature by W.T. ; lith. of Sarony & Co., New York.
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The setting is Yokohama, spelled "Yokuhama" in the original caption, where Commodore Matthew C. Perry's officers presented American gifts to Japanese officials during the expedition's second visit in 1854. The gifts, which included a model steam locomotive and telegraph equipment, were meant to impress a country that had kept most foreigners at arm's length for more than two centuries, and they accompanied the diplomacy that produced the Treaty of Kanagawa that spring. Sarony & Co. of New York made this tinted lithograph for Francis L. Hawks's official account of the voyage, published in Washington in 1856.
| Created / published | New York : Sarony & Co., [1856] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, tinted. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1850-1860.Lithographs Tinted 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Title from item. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under ... M.C. Perry ... / Matthew C. Perry ; Francis L. Hawks, comp. Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, printer, 1856. |
| Subjects | Perry, Matthew Calbraith,--1794-1858--Journeys. United States Naval Expedition to Japan--(1852-1854) Cultural relations--Japan--1850-1860. Cultural relations--United States--1850-1860. Gifts--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,045 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111201 |
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