Graphic Scenes of the Japan Expedition

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• ARTIST: William Heine

• PUBLISHER: Published by G. P. Putnam & Company, New York.

• MEDIUM: Two stone lithographs, hand colored.

  DATE: 1856.

• EDITION SIZE: Folio, 20 5/8 x 15 1/8" (52.5 x 38.5 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan in the the very rare deluxe, hand colored issue with the prints on card.<br><br> 12 ff. letterpress text. 10 lithographic prints (one two-stone portrait of Perry on india paper mounted from a daguerreotype by P. Haas, nine hand-colored views by Heine [two of these chromolithographed, seven printed in two colors on india paper mounted]), all printed by Sarony & Co., all mounted on thick card with smooth glossy backings. Text in the original yellow pictorial edge bound wrappers. The plates loose as issued with the text within the original hard portfolio covers. Cover has the gilt title, “Graphic Scenes in the Japan Expedition. By Wm. Heine. Original cloth ties lost.<br><br William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant-folio prints appeared in 1855, and the following year the present volume was issued, in a smaller format, with different images and with explanatory text. Both projects employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony & Co.<br><br> As artistic productions, the pictures speak for themselves; and we think we may safely say of them that they are a credit to our country: none superior to them have been executed in the United States, and they have no cause to shun comparison with some of the best productions of Europe" (Introduction by F.L. Hawks).<br><br> Copies were produced tinted (though with some plates with several colors) on regular paper [as in the present copy] and a deluxe hand-colored issue on card. The plates are numbered and titled as follows 1. [portrait of Perry]; 2. Macao from Penha Hill; 3. Whampoa Pagoda; 4. Old China Street, Canton; 5. Kung-kwa at On-na, Lew-Chew; 6. Mia or road side chapel at Yokuhama; 7. Temple of Ben-teng in the harbor of Simoda; 8. Street and bridge at Simoda; 9. Temple of the Ha-tshu Man-ya-tshu-ro at Simoda; 10. Grave yard at Simoda Dio Zenge.<br><br>

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Overall is good to very good condition. Leather spine and leather corners replaced. Original covers. Minor damp staining on Perry portrait. Lite foxing on majority of plates. Original hand coloring.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - Asia