Block printing, Meiji period: Commodore Perry expedition officers [001]

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Title Block printing, Meiji period: Commodore Perry expedition officers [001]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Meiji Prints, 41
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1969
Subject Block printing--Japan; Abbot, Joel, 1793-1855--Art; Portman, Anton--Art; Perry, Oliver--Art; Uited States Naval Expedition to Japan,--1852-1854--Art; Ukiyoe; Navies--Officers
Keywords Meiji; Commodore Perry
Description Photo shows a Meiji-period woodblock print by Japanese artist (unidentified but based on sketches by Hibata Osuke), depicting three members of Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan in 1854: his son Oliver; Captain Joel Abbot of the USS Macedonian; and interpreter Anton Portman.
Caption on Slide Ad. Perrys Son, Captain Abbot Interp. Portman 1854, 1854 Perry Exped. Screen- 6 fold, 1837 Japan, 1 sec. at f. [8] 10 p. 230 Japan-A-Hist in Art
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Original sketch by Hibata Osuke done on the occasion of Commodore Matthew Perry's second visit to Japan in 1854, leading to the opening of Japan
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
ARK ark:/87278/s68w3w4n
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 330857
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68w3w4n
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