Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor
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September 28, 1821
Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor | |
|---|---|
 Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor (c.1859) | |
| Born | Persis Goodale Thurston September 28, 1821 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii |
| Died | April 20, 1906 (aged 84) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse |
Townsend Elijah Taylor
(m. 1847) |
Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor (September 28, 1821 – April 20, 1906) was a painter and sketch artist.
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]
