James Jackson Jarves
James Jackson Jarves (1818 – 1888) was an American newspaper editor, art critic and art collector. Jarves was the editor of the first weekly newspaper in the Hawaiian Islands, Polynesian (1840–1848).
During the 1850s, Jarves relocated to Florence, Italy where he served as the U.S. vice-consul and collected art.[1]
Works
- History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands (1843)
- The Art-Idea: Part Second of Confessions of an Inquirer (1864)
- A Glimpse at the Art of Japan (1876)
References
Bibliography
- Osvald Sirén, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures in the Jarves Collection Belonging to Yale University (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1916)
- Francis Steegmuller, The Two Lives of James Jackson Jarves (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1951)
- Russell Sturgis, Jr., Manual of the Jarves Collection of Early Italian Pictures (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1868)
External links
- James Jackson Jarves (1818-1888) Papers, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library
- Photograph of James Jackson Jarves
- The restoration of the early Italian "Primitives" during the 20th century: Valuing art and its consequences by Cathleen Hoeniger, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 1999, Volume 38, Number 2, Article 3 (pp. 144 to 161)
- The cleaning and restoration of Antonio Pollaiuolo's Hercules and Deianira at the Yale University Art Gallery