Mar 11, 2021 - Sale 2561

Sale 2561 - Lot 336

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MATHEW BRADY--NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERIES)
A cabinet card portrait of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, United States Navy.
Albumen print, the image measuring 5 7/8x4 inches (14.9x10.2 cm.), the cabinet card mount 6 1/2x4 1/4 inches (16.5x11.4 cm.), with Brady's printed credit on mount recto and his Rembrandt Photograph by Brady backmark on mount verso. Circa 1854-58
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Commodore Perry commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War. He played an important role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.