Statue of Commodore Matthew C. Perry
date: label: date made
content: ca 1869
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Perry, Matthew C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: black and white stereograph mounted on yellow cardstock; printed on label on verso "Statue of Commodore Matthew C. Perry. / Photographed by the Original J. A. Williams, / P.O. Box 507 Newport, R.I."; statue designed by John Quincy Adams Ward and pedestal designed by Richard Morris Hunt, dedicated 1869; image of statue of Perry, standing and wearing his naval uniform; he has his cape gathered in his right hand, clutched at his chest while his sword is in his left hand with tip placed on ground; statue on a circular base which contains wrap-around bronze bas-relief plaque depicting events in Perry's life; rectangular wrought-iron fence surrounds statue
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Rhode Island, Newport
topic: label: Subject
content: United States Navy
label: Subject
content: Sailors
label: Subject
content: Monuments
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Military
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3033.0583
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3033
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3033.0583
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stereograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm