Apr 15, 2021 - Sale 2564

Sale 2564 - Lot 110

Price Realized: $ 1,430
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(COMMERCE & EXPANSION.) Sarony, lithographers; after Heine. Passing the Rubicon . . . through a Fleet of Japanese Boats . . . July 11th, 1853. Hand-colored lithograph, 20 1/4 x 31 3/4 inches to sight plus caption; two long repaired tears and other wear in image area, possibly laid down on board, not examined out of frame. New York: E. Brown Jr., 1855
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One from a series of 6 large prints produced after William Heine, the artist who accompanied Commodore Perry's expedition to open Japan to commerce--a turning point in American "gunboat diplomacy" and naval might.