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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James Gay Sawkins Kailua-Kona with Hualalai, Hulihee Palace and Church oil


Kailua-Kona with Hualalai, Hulihee Palace and Church
Painting ID::  81046 		Kailua-Kona with Hualalai, Hulihee Palace and Church
Date 1852(1852) Medium Oil on canvas cjr
Date_1852(1852) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ cjr
   
   
     
James Gay Sawkins Hulihee Palace and Church oil


Hulihee Palace and Church
Painting ID::  96441 		Hulihee Palace and Church
1852(1852) Medium oil on canvas cyf
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     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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