brown eliphalet duval (6 résultats)

Tinted lithograph 21.8 x 15.5 cm, 28.8 x 22.5 cm (sheet), edges a little age-toned, small stain affecting the margin of one lower corner, inner edge ragged, but the image in very good condition. Fine cameo portrait of the Chief Magistrate Napha, Lew Chew, (Ryukyu) Japan, prepared for the official account "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.". The expedition visited the then independent kingdom of Lew Chew (Ryukyu) in 1854, where famously Perry signed a trade agreement on July 11th. In 1875 Japan posted a military garrison in Lew Chew, annexing the Islands in 1879.

Tinted lithograph with original hand colour 21.6 x 15 cm, 28.7 x 22.5 cm (sheet), inner edge stained with some marginal paper adhesion, but the image in very good condition. A fine cameo portrait of a Japanese woman in costume from Simoda (Shimoda) on the southeastern Izu peninsula, after a daguerrotype by Eliphalet Brown, and prepared for Commodore Perry's "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.". Perry visited Shimoda in April 1854, staying for three weeks and as his account bears witness was much impressed by the traditional way of life.

Tinted lithograph, 21.9 x 15.5 cm, 29 x 22.5 cm (sheet), edges a little age-toned and spotted, inner margin stained, but in very good condition. A fine cameo portrait, after a daguerrotype by Eliphalet Brown, and prepared for Commodore Perry's "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.". Perry visited Macao in 1853 for an extended stay: this portrait dates from that visit.

Tinted lithograph with original hand colour 22.5 x 16 cm, 28.9 x 22.2 cm (sheet), edges a little age-toned, one corner creased and another with a small paper fault, but in very good condition. A fine cameo portrait of Buddhist Priest from a temple in Simoda (Shimoda) on the southeastern Izu peninsula, after a daguerrotype by Eliphalet Brown, and prepared for Commodore Perry's "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.". Perry visited Shimoda in April 1854, staying for three weeks and as his account bears witness was much impressed by the traditional way of life.

Tinted lithograph, 16.2 x 23. 7 cm; 22.2 x 29 cm (sheet), some age toning, top edge with small marginal tidemark, bottom margin a trifle ragged, small sealed tear to the bottom margin, but the image in very good condition. A tranquil trio, from Perry's ''The Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854.'', based on the daguerrotype by Eliphalet Brown. The expedition visited the then independent kingdom of Lew Chew (Ryukyu) in 1854, where famously Perry signed a trade agreement on July 11th. In 1875 Japan posted a military garrison in Lew Chew, annexing the Islands in 1879.

Tinted lithograph, 16.2 x 23. 8 cm; 21.6 x 29 cm (sheet), some age toning, lower corner with a small stain, bottom margin ragged and trimmed, but the image in very good condition. A beautiful composition, from Perry's ''The Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854.'', based on the daguerrotype by Eliphalet Brown. The expedition visited the then independent kingdom of Lew Chew (Ryukyu) in 1854, where famously Perry signed a trade agreement on July 11th. In 1875 Japan posted a military garrison in Lew Chew, annexing the Islands in 1879.