oil on canvas painting by Enoch Wood Perry, Jr., 1865, Bernice P. Bishop Museum. He is portrayed with two dogs in front of Hale Aliʻi or the old ʻIolani Palace.
Date 1865(1865)
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Painting ID:: 80192
Enoch Wood Perry, Jr. oil on canvas painting by Enoch Wood Perry, Jr., 1865, Bernice P. Bishop Museum. He is portrayed with two dogs in front of Hale Aliʻi or the old ʻIolani Palace.
Date 1865(1865)
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Prince of Hawaii (1831-1915) was a painter from the United States.
Perry was born in Boston on July 31, 1831. His father was Enoch Wood Perry, and mother was Hannah Knapp Dole. His maternal grandparents were Samuel Dole and Katherine Wigglesworth. The family moved to New Orleans with his family as a teenager in 1848 and attended its public schools. After working several years as a clerk in a commission house, Perry began formal art education. In 1852 he went to Europe for four years and studied with Emanuel Leutze at the Desseldorf Academy, Thomas Couture in Paris, and in Rome.Perry served as the U.S. Consul to Venice between 1856 and 1858. Upon returning to America, he opened a studio in Philadelphia.
