The First Chinese Art Museum in the United States was located in Philadelphia by China Trade Merchant Nathan Dunn. The museum was open to public 1839-1842 , it was located at 9th st and Sansom St (old name )
The second Chinese Art Museum in the United States opened in Boston in 1845.
John R. Peters, Jr., producer of the museum and author of the museum's catalogue (Print Ref. / DS / 714 / .B6 / 1845a), had been a member of Caleb Cushing's diplomatic mission to China that negotiated the Treaty of Wang-hsia in 1844.
Circa date based on lithographer's name and address and the years that the Chinese Museum was located in Boston.