James Gay Sawkins(1806-1878) was an artist who was born in 1806 in Yeovil, Somerset, England. At the age of 14, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland with his family, where he made his living painting miniature portraits on ivory. He lived in Cuba from 1835 to 1845 and visited Hawaii from January, 1850 to June, 1852. After working in Australia, he returned to England in 1855. Sawkins died in 1878 in Turnham Green (near London), England. The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Mission House Museum (Honolulu, Hawaii) and the National Library of Australia (Canberra) are among the public collections holding works by James Gay Sawkins. | |||
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Kailua-Kona with Hualalai, Hulihee Palace and Church ID de tableau:: 81046 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Kailua-Kona with Hualalai, Hulihee Palace and Church Date 1852(1852) Medium Oil on canvas cjr Date_1852(1852) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ cjr |
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Hulihee Palace and Church ID de tableau:: 96441 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Hulihee Palace and Church 1852(1852) Medium oil on canvas cyf 1852(1852)_ Medium_oil_on_canvas_ cyf |
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| (1806-1878) was an artist who was born in 1806 in Yeovil, Somerset, England. At the age of 14, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland with his family, where he made his living painting miniature portraits on ivory. He lived in Cuba from 1835 to 1845 and visited Hawaii from January, 1850 to June, 1852. After working in Australia, he returned to England in 1855. Sawkins died in 1878 in Turnham Green (near London), England. The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Mission House Museum (Honolulu, Hawaii) and the National Library of Australia (Canberra) are among the public collections holding works by James Gay Sawkins. | ||||||||||
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