Washington, 1860, Perry painting SLIDELL

Artist: Eastman Johnson
Artwork: Washington, 1860, Perry painting SLIDELL
Description: This is a preparatory drawing for a larger oil painting that Johnson exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1861. The work depicts Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, who negotiated the Convention of Kanagawa, or the Perry Treaty, with Japan in 1854.
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