Name/Title
Hawaiian Woman with Dog (Bishop Museum) Painting 1849 by John Mix StanleyDescription
Hawaiian Woman with Dog (Bishop Museum) Painting 1849 by John Mix Stanley.
Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Gift of Frances Damon, 1963
During the 1830s Stanley was an itinerant sign and portrait painter, traveling between Detroit and Chicago. In 1839, while in Fort Snelling, Minnesota, he painted Indian subjects and landscapes. Three years later he was at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, gathering Indian material and painting portraits, which he exhibited in Cincinnati in 1846. In that year he also accompanied Colonel Stephen Kearny from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to San Diego [California], producing images for Kearny's official expedition report.
In 1847 Stanley traveled up the Pacific Coast to sketch native Americans. For the next two years he lived in Hawaii, painting portraits of the native inhabitants.Created By
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June 7, 2023Update Date
July 30, 2023
