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Views of Honolulu

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26.05.2022 10:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 753080
Lot 242 | Views of Honolulu
Views of HonoluluG.H. Burgess, 1857BURGESS George Henry (1831-1905). [Views of Honolulu Drawn from Nature.] San Francisco: Britton and Rey, 1857.Complete suite of these very rare views of Honolulu, printed in San Francisco in 1857. George Henry Burgess was the son of a prominent London surgeon, one of four brothers to emigrate to California during the Gold Rush. The brothers tried mining briefly but then set up a watch and jewelry shop in Sonora—a fine idea, except that it was also quickly abandoned after rioting broke out between the Anglo-American and Latin-American miners. George then drifted around the mining regions, executing the vivid sketches and watercolors of mining life for which he is now best known. Another Burgess brother, Edward, had established a coffee shop in Honolulu and served as an agent for his sibling’s artwork. It was on an extended visit to his brother that George Burgess executed these sketches. His was the second series of views of Honolulu to be published by Britton & Rey after those of Paul Emmert. "In 1857 Emmert's lithographs were surpassed in quality, accuracy, and refinement of execution by the work of George H. Burgess" (Forbes). This is the only complete suite of these lithographs that we see in the auction records, and the even the individual prints are very rare at auction. The present set gives every appearance of having remained together since publication. See Art of the Gold Rush, 1998; Forbes, Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People 1778-1941, pp 94 & 152; Palmquist & Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers of the Far West: A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865, 2002.Five duotone lithographs: "Port of Honolulu," "Diamond-Head from Look-Out," Diamond Head from Hon[olu]lu Beach," and "Nuanu Valley from the New Church Beritania St," and "Ewa from Honolulu" (mild mat-toning, light spotting/foxing, a little residue from previous mounting to versos). Approximately 195 x 320mm image sizes on 305 x 475mm sheets, in individual linen mats. Housed together in custom cloth solander box. Provenance: A Hawaiian collector (sold at Bonhams New York, 10 June 2009, lot 3018).
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