Miss Eva Parker, Kilauea, Hawaiian Islands, 1889

Details

EDWARD CLIFFORD (1844-1907)
Miss Eva Parker, Kilauea, Hawaiian Islands, 1889
inscribed and dated 'Miss EVA Parker/ 5.3.89./ Kilauea' (centre)
pencil and watercolour on paper
8 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (22.5 x 29 cm.)

Provenance

with Abbott & Holder, London, October 1991, where purchased for the present collection.

Literature

M. Hamnett, ‘The Albert Dawson Collection: a Handley-Read Legacy’, The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 1850 - the Present, 2016, vol. 40, p. 107, fig. 19.

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Lot Essay

Clifford went to Hawaii in late 1888, where he was to present the famous leper worker Father Damien with a picture from Edward Burne-Jones. He published his experiences in Father Damien; A Journey from Cashmere to his Home in Hawaii in 1889.

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