| Title: |
View of Hong-Kong From East Point |
| Designer: |
Wilhelm Heine (1827-1885) |
| Designer: |
Eliphalet Brown Jr. (1816-1886) |
| Printer: |
Sarony & Company, New York |
| Date: |
1856 |
| Medium: |
Original Lithograph with Tint Stone |
| Printer: |
Sarony & Company, New York |
| Publication: |
Narrative of the Expedition of an American
Squadron to the China Seas and Japan in the Years 1852, 1853 and 1854,
under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry |
| Note: |
Sarony & Company: Born in Quebec City, Napoleon Sarony
learned lithography from his father and emigrated to New York in 1836.
There, he worked as an apprentice for several lithographers, including
Nathaniel Currier. In 1846 Sarony opened a lithographic business in partnership
with Henry Major. The company went through a number of alterations in
names and partnerships. Until 1853, it was called 'Sarony and Major'.
From 1853 to 1857. |
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During the 1850's and 1860's, Sarony & Company published a number of sets of important topographical
views, both of foreign lands and of the recently explored American West.
For some of the finest examples (such as View of Hong-Kong) Sarony created
early colour views by utilizing a second printing with a tint stone. Needless
to say, these original lithographs are both historically and artistically
valuable. |
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During the mid 1850's, Joseph Fairchild Knapp (1832-1891), entered the firm and the name of the company was expanded to, 'Sarony, Major & Knapp' (c 1855 - c. 1864). After Sarony left the firm around 1864, the company took on the name of, Major & Knapp around 1864, and by 1888 it became known as The Knapp Company. Around 1890, Joseph Palmer Knapp (1864-1951), purchased the company from his father and shortly after renamed it, the 'Joseph P. Knapp Co.'. Later, the company would assume the title of the 'American Lithographic Company (ALCO)', and from 1892 to 1929, it became one of the largest lithographic firms in North America. Then in 1929 the firm was purchased by the United States Printing & Lithographic Company, and the consolidated Litho Company took over their label producing division. |
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Wilhelm Heine (1827-1885): A nineteenth century
German/American artist, Peter Bernhard Wilhelm Heine studied at Dresden's Royal Academy
of Art and in the studio of Julius Hubner. He then completed his artistic
education in Paris, for a period of three years. Wilhelm Heine immigrated
to the United States in 1849 and set up a studio in New York. In the
following year he met the diplomat and archaeologist, Ephraim George
Squier (1821-1888), who persuaded the artist to accompany him to Central
America. There, Heine not only acted as an illustrator of Squier's archaeological
books but as a consular aid, representing the United States government. |
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In 1852 Wilhelm Heine was commissioned as the official
artist to accompany Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan on board the
frigate, Mississippi. Heine's many watercolors and drawings of Japan
grew great interest and were exhibited by the Washington Art Association
from 1857 to 1859. He also wrote his own account of the voyage, With
Perry to Japan: A Memoir, which was published in 1856. |
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Peter Bernhard Wilhelm Heine next served as the official artist on the
Eulenburg Expedition (1860 & 1861), which negotiated a treaty between
Japan and Prussia. He then returned to the United States and enlisted
in the Union Army. By the end of the Civil War he had achieved the rank
of Brigadier General. In 1869, 1870 and 1871 he worked at the American
consuls in both Paris and Liverpool. After that date Heine returned to
his native Dresden and spent his final years as both an artist and a
teacher. |
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Eliphalet Brown Jr. (1816-1886): A nineteenth
century lithographer and daguerreotypist, Eliphalet Brown Jr. was credited
for rendering the figures in this original lithograph. He produced several
lithographs and daguerreotypes for the Commodore Matthew C. Perry expedition. There
are nineteen lithographic plates in Volume 1 of the Government published Narrative of the Expedition
attributed to Eliphalet Brown's daguerreotypes. |
| Size: |
6 1/2 X 9 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
| Condition: |
Printed upon mid nineteenth century wove paper and with
full margins as published in New York by Sarony in 1856.
In excellent condition throughout without a trace of staining or toning. |
| Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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