Hakodadi Conference Room

Hakodadi Conference Room

Sarony Lithography Company, active 1853 - 1857

Details

Dimensions
Image: 15.2 × 22.5 cm (6 × 8 7/8"); Sheet: 21.7 × 28.5 cm (8 9/16 × 11 1/4")
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Merl M. Moore, Jr.

Art Genome Taxonomy

8 tags

Subject Matter

  • Interiors Visual · 99%

    The image depicts a substantial architectural interior with walls, structural beams, gridded screens, windows, and an adjoining room or passage.

  • Portrait Metadata · 96%

    The catalog lists Portrait among the subjects and identifies Matthew Calbraith Perry as the depicted male subject.

  • Political Figures Metadata · 93%

    Matthew Calbraith Perry is cataloged as a diplomat and is listed under Politics and Government.

  • War and Military Both · 88%

    The catalog identifies Perry as a Navy officer and commodore, while several figures in the image visibly wear military-style uniforms.

Visual Qualities

  • Floor edges, beams, screens, and architectural openings recede into the image and organize the interior through linear perspective.

Medium and Techniques

  • Lithograph Metadata · 99%

    The catalog identifies the medium as lithograph with tintstone on paper.

  • Work on Paper Metadata · 98%

    The catalog records the object as a print on paper, with a separately identified image area and sheet size.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The work is dated 1856, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

Source & rights

Sarony Lithography Company, active 1853 - 1857. Hakodadi Conference Room. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Merl M. Moore, Jr..