Object Details
Artist
Beckers and Piard, active 1853 - 1856
Alexander Beckers, active 1842 - 1869
Victor Piard, active c. 1840 - c. 1870
Sitter
Matthew Calbraith Perry, 10 Apr 1794 - 4 Mar 1858
Exhibition Label
Born Newport, Rhode Island
Rising through the ranks from midshipman to commodore, Matthew C. Perry laid the foundation for a professionally trained, technologically superior U. S. Navy that could hold its own throughout the world. In 1854, while on a mission for the United States government, Perry personally negotiated a historic treaty with Japan, establishing diplomatic and trade relations between that nation and the United States for the first time. His success in obtaining American access to a country that had effectively sealed itself off from foreign contact for several centuries was one of the most important diplomatic achievements of the nineteenth century.
Matthew C. Perry 1794–1858
Nacido en Newport, Rhode Island
En su trayecto de ascenso desde las filas de cadetes hasta el rango de comodoro, Matthew C. Perry sentó las bases para una Marina estadounidense de formación profesional y superioridad tecnológica, a la par con las mejores del mundo. En 1854, en misión oficial del gobierno de Estados Unidos, Perry negoció personalmente un histórico tratado con Japón para establecer por primera vez relaciones diplomáticas y comerciales entre ambos países. Esa gestión de posibilitar el acceso de Estados Unidos a un país que durante siglos se había cerrado a todo contacto con el extranjero fue uno de los logros diplomáticos más importantes del siglo XIX.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Date
c. 1855
Object number
NPG.77.206
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Photograph
Medium
Half-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image: 11.6 × 9 cm (4 9/16 × 3 9/16")
Case Open: 15.2 × 24.4 × 0.9 cm (6 × 9 5/8 × 3/8")
Case Closed: 15.1 × 12 × 1.7 cm (5 15/16 × 4 3/4 × 11/16")
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Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Interior
Cased object
Matthew Calbraith Perry: Male
Matthew Calbraith Perry: Politics and Government\Diplomat
Matthew Calbraith Perry: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Commodore
Portrait
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npg_NPG.77.206