BRITISH SCHOOL (18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES), FIVE COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS OF VIEWS OF THE FAR EAST
BRITISH SCHOOL (18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES)FIVE COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS OF VIEWS OF THE FAR EAST BY VARIOUS ARTISTSINCLUDING: TOMB AND VILLAGE BETWEEN THE BAY OF COWLOON, AFTERAUGUSTE BOURGET; MACAO FROMPENHA HILL, AFTER THOMAS HEARNE; VIEWS OFHAKODADI FROM TELEGRAPH HILL; CHINESE TEMPLE, HONG KONG; JESUIT CONVENT,MACAO, EACH AFTER WILHEIM HEINEColoured lithographs21 x 29.5cm (8.2 x 11½in.) and smallerTogether with a coloured engraving of theAquaduct in Rio de Janeiro after William Alexander; and coloured lithographsof the View of Adam’s Peak and Point de Galle after Henry Salt (7)Peter Bernhard Wilhelm Heine (1827–1885), an official artistwho travelled with CommodoreMatthew Perry’s expedition. The lithographs were produced aspart of the official documentation ofthe expedition of an American squadron toChina seas and Japan in 1852, 1853 and 1854 under Commodore Perry’s command, byorder of the US navy.
[ translate ]BRITISH SCHOOL (18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES)FIVE COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS OF VIEWS OF THE FAR EAST BY VARIOUS ARTISTSINCLUDING: TOMB AND VILLAGE BETWEEN THE BAY OF COWLOON, AFTERAUGUSTE BOURGET; MACAO FROMPENHA HILL, AFTER THOMAS HEARNE; VIEWS OFHAKODADI FROM TELEGRAPH HILL; CHINESE TEMPLE, HONG KONG; JESUIT CONVENT,MACAO, EACH AFTER WILHEIM HEINEColoured lithographs21 x 29.5cm (8.2 x 11½in.) and smallerTogether with a coloured engraving of theAquaduct in Rio de Janeiro after William Alexander; and coloured lithographsof the View of Adam’s Peak and Point de Galle after Henry Salt (7)Peter Bernhard Wilhelm Heine (1827–1885), an official artistwho travelled with CommodoreMatthew Perry’s expedition. The lithographs were produced aspart of the official documentation ofthe expedition of an American squadron toChina seas and Japan in 1852, 1853 and 1854 under Commodore Perry’s command, byorder of the US navy.
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