Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor
Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor (September 28, 1821–April 20, 1906) was a painter and sketch artist.
Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor | |
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 Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor (c.1859) | |
| Born | Persis Goodale Thurston September 28, 1821 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii |
| Died | April 20, 1906 (aged 84) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse(s) | Townsend Elijah Taylor
(m. 1847) |
Biography
Her parents, Reverend Asa Thurston (1787–1868) and Lucy Goodale Thurston (1795–1876), were in the first company of American Christian missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands. [1] When she was four, she had been asked to be given in hānai to Princess Kapulikoliko, daughter of Kamehameha I. Her mother politely refused. The concept of giving a child to be raised by a relative or friend was common in Hawaii, but it horrified the missionaries who preached one doesn't give out their children like puppies.[2]:88
For three years, she lived in Lahaina, Maui, where she assisted in the work of the seminary press at Lahainaluna School.[3] In 1847, she married Rev. Townsend Elijah Taylor of LaGrange, New York, who was serving as the seaman's chaplain for the Port of Lahaina.[4]
Taylor is best known for her landscapes (two of which were made into engravings at the Lahinaluna seminary) and silhouettes of both missionaries and Hawaiian royalty.[3]
Family tree
Footnotes
- "Persis Goodale Taylor". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- Lucy Goodale Thurston (1882). Life and Times of Mrs. Lucy G. Thurston, wife of Rev. Asa Thurston.
- Severson, 2002
- AskArt.com
References
- Severson, Don R. Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections, University of Hawaii Press, 2002, pp. 72–74.
- Thurston, Lucy Goodale, Life and times of Mrs. Lucy G. Thurston, wife of Rev. Asa Thurston, pioneer Missionary to the Sandwich Islands, S. C. Andrews, 1882.
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