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James Jackson Jarves (1818 — 1888) was an American newspaper editor, art critic and art collector. Jarves was the editor of an early weekly newspaper in the Hawaiian Islands, the Polynesian (1840—1848).

During the 1850s, Jarves relocated to Florence, Italy where he served as the U.S. vice-consul and collected art. In 1871, the Yale University Art Gallery purchased 119 early Italian paintings from Jarves at auction.

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