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An American landing party forms long military ranks on the shore at Kurihama while boats approach and two steamships sit on the horizon.

1856 · Tinted lithograph

First Landing at Gorahama

James Queen, after Wilhelm Heine; P. S. Duval & Co.

Why it matters

The print does not merely record a landing. Its ranks, flags, boats, and distant warships present military organisation as the visual basis of a diplomatic ceremony.

Publication
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan
Holding institution
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Shelfmark
PAD1884
Rights
Low-resolution image available under Royal Museums Greenwich non-commercial reuse conditions

Citation

James Queen, after Wilhelm Heine. First Landing at Gorahama. 1856. Tinted lithograph. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, PAD1884.

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