Edward Clifford (1844-1907) was an artist and author born in Bristol, England. He is best known for his portraits in watercolor, and was associated with the Aesthetic Movement in late 19th-century England. He was also a member of the Church Army, which evangelized for the Church of England. Clifford traveled to Honolulu and to the leper colony in Kalaupapa, Hawaii in 1888, where he met Father Damien. This trip was pesumably to conduct missionary related work. After returning to England, Clifford made watercolor paintings from portrait scetches made in Hawaii and eventually published an account of the journey. The Honolulu Academy of Arts and the National Portrait Gallery (London) are among the public collections holding work by Edward Clifford.
References
- Bénézit Dictionary of Artists, English Edition, Paris, Grund, 2006.
- Clifford, Edward, Father Damien; A Journey from Cashmere to his Home in Hawaii, London, Macmillan, 1889.
