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Passing the Rubicon, Bay of Yedo
Drawing by: (Peter Bernard) William Heine (American, born in Germany, 1827–1885)
Printed by: Sarony & Co.
Publisher: E. Brown, Jr.
Printed by: Sarony & Co.
Publisher: E. Brown, Jr.
1853
Medium/Technique
Lithograph and tint, hand colored on paper
Dimensions
Image: 52.2 x 83.2 cm (20 9/16 x 32 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 62.5 x 87.9 cm (24 5/8 x 34 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 62.5 x 87.9 cm (24 5/8 x 34 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.405
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 356
DescriptionLieut. s. Bent in the "Mississippi's" first cutter forcing his way through a fleet of Japanese boats while surveying the bay of Yedo, Japan, July 11th, 1853
Published New York, 1855
Published New York, 1855
InscriptionsPrinted below: LL: W Heine Del; Center: E Brown Jr Direx; LR: Lith of Sarony & Co New York/ center: title, subtitle and other notes
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 7, 1956