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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  28 Nov 2020 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 617
  29 Nov 2020 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 2: Lots 618 - 1216
• Lot #:
  720
• Lot Description:
  “Presentation of Her Majesty’s Yacht “Emperor” to the Emperor of Japan at Yeddo, on the 26th of August 1858...”
  Chromolithograph, from a sketch by F. Le B. Bedwell - T.G. Dutton, Chromolithograph.
  Visible image: 38 x 56cm
  Framed and glazed; extensively repaired and a small area of paper loss in lower margin
• Notes:
  HMS Emperor was presented to the Tokugawa administration by James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, as a present for the Emperor from Queen Victoria to commemorate the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce. The ship was renamed “Banryu” and had a mostly military career.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 400
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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