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Details:Edward Bailey, artist [Na Bailey i kakau] Kapeau, engraver
[Na Kapeau i kaha]Lahainaluna, Sandwich Islands, c. 1838black and white copper plate engravingdimensions: 3 7/8" x 7 5/8" approx., plate mark2 15/16" x 7" approx., (image)condition: as found in original condition, complete and good impression, full margins, period paper, vertical fold down center line, some other creasing evident, foxing, pin hole damage in top corners of sheet, good condition overall Description:
Edward Bailey, teacher, artist, craftsman, surveyor, naturalist, businessman, and man of many other skills drew this image of the town common of Holden, Massachusetts. It is a summer landscape and the tall trees surrounding the town common are in full leaf. Whether young Edward Bailey drew this detailed portrait of his cherished home before leaving Holden for Boston in December, 1836 to embark with Caroline Hubbard, his new wife, also a teacher, to teach Hawaiian pupils at the secular mission schools of the American… Read More
