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George Henry Burgess (British/American, 1831-1905) A village street scene, probably in Hawaii signed with initials lower left and dated (18)56 watercolour, ink and bodycolour 13.5 x 19.5cm Provenance: By descent within the family of the artist Although untitled, the present work almost certainly depicts a scene in Hawaii, with the date of 1856 corresponding with the first of three trips made by the artist to the island. One of Burgess brothers had established a coffee shop in Honolulu and acted as an agent for Georges artwork. It was likely on his 1855-56 visit that the artist painted the portraits of King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma. Upon his return to San Francisco, Burgess produced five lithographs of views he had made during his Hawaiian sojourn. These were published by Britton & Rey in 1857 and included "Port of Honolulu," "Diamond-Head from Look-Out," "Diamond Head from Hon[olu]lu Beach," "Nuanu Valley from the New Church Beritania St," and "Ewa from Honolulu". The artist made further visits to Hawaii in 1866 and 1871.