Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval OfficerGriffis, William Elliot
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Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer
Griffis, William Elliot
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858
Of these, there are several taken from life, from one of which
the frontispiece of this volume has been made.
Engravings.
In _Harper’s Magazine_ for March, 1856, from a photograph by
Brady of New York, in an illustrated article on “Commodore
Perry’s Expedition to Japan,” by Robert Tomes, Esq., M.D.
In a London illustrated paper, about 1853.
In Gleason’s Pictorial, Boston, of August 5th, 1854.
In Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper of Saturday March 13,
1858.
Other prints in newspapers and lithographs of the face or bust
of M. C. Perry were made during his lifetime.
Bust and Statue.
A bust in marble of M. C. Perry, in sailor garb by E. D. Palmer,
of Albany N. Y., was made in 1859, and is now in possession of
the Commodore’s daughter, Mrs. August Belmont of New York.
In Touro Park, Newport, R. I., the city of his birth, about
fifty yards east of the “old round tower” is a bronze statue of
M. C. Perry, on a pedestal of Quincy granite. The extreme height
is sixteen feet, the statue being eight, and the pedestal eight
feet in height. The face, modelled partly from photographs and
partly from Palmer’s bust, is considered a good likeness. The
effect of the figure is grand, and the position easy and
natural. The model was designed by John Quincy Adams Ward of New
York, and the pedestal by Richard M. Hunt. On the latter are
four excellent bas-reliefs in bronze, representing prominent
events in M. C. Perry’s life.
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