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NH 42760 "Napha From the Sea." Lithograph showing steamers USS MISSISSIPPI and either USS POWHATAN or SUSQUEHANNA, circa 1853-1854.

"Napha From the Sea." Lithograph showing steamers USS MISSISSIPPI and either USS POWHATAN or SUSQUEHANNA, circa 1853-1854.
Title: "Napha From the Sea." Lithograph showing steamers USS MISSISSIPPI and either USS POWHATAN or SUSQUEHANNA, circa 1853-1854.
Caption: "Napha From the Sea" (Japan). Lithograph by J. Queen, after W. Heine and H. Walke, published by P.C. Duval and Company, circa the later 1850s. It shows ships of Commodore M.C. Perry's Squadron at Naha, Okinawa, circa 1853-1854. Steamers are (center) USS MISSISSIPPI and (right) either USS POWHATAN or SUSQUEHANNA, circa later 1850s. Courtesy of and copied from the Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 1936. This print was exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery in April 1963. Catalog #131.
Description: Courtesy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Catalog #: NH 42760
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Lithograph by J. Queen, after W. Heine and H. Walke, published by P.C. Duval and Company
After this Year: 1850
Before this Year: 1859
Original Medium: BW Photo, Lithograph, Print
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