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Artist
Eliphalet M. Brown, Jr., 1816 - 1886
Copy after
Peter Bernard William Heine, 1827 - 1885
Sitter
Matthew Calbraith Perry, 10 Apr 1794 - 4 Mar 1858
Date
1855
Type
Print
Medium
Color lithograph with hand-coloring on paper
Dimensions
Image: 52.2 x 82.1cm (20 9/16 x 32 5/16")
Sheet: 66.3 x 91.6cm (26 1/8 x 36 1/16")
Topic
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Vehicle\Ship
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree
Architecture\Building
Symbols & Motifs\Flag
Human Figures\Soldier
Exterior\Port
Human Figures
Human Figures\Crowd
Matthew Calbraith Perry: Male
Matthew Calbraith Perry: Politics and Government\Diplomat
Matthew Calbraith Perry: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Commodore
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of August Belmont IV