Prints
Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Heine, William
Title:
Fish Market Canton
Date:
1856
Medium:
lithograph
Size:
15.5 x 22.7 cms.
Description:
The German artist William Heine (1827 - 1885) was a student of the Acadamy of Dresden. From 1848 to 1849 he was a painter of architecture at the Court Theatre in Dresden. From 1853-1855 he joined the North American expedition to Japan which was led by Commodore Perry. He was the artist to the expedition and he produced many drawings which in 1856 would be made into lithographs to illustrate this famous expedition. His views of Canton, Macau, Hong Kong and Japan are most attractive. Later in 1861 Heine became an American Consul in Paris.
References:
Dictionnaire des Peintures, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs E. Benezit 1976
Item Code:
P1187
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