. English: Stippled portraits of Queen Kamamalu from the British original, Tamehamalu, Queen of the Sandwich Islands, aged 22 years, from a drawing made by the express desire of Her Majesty. Printed and sold by J. Dawson, 1824. This later engraving was made between by students at Lahainaluna, possibly Kepohoni. Kamamalu at lower center within frame. Platemark: x cm (11 3/8 x 10 inches). Frameline x (10 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches). Image: 19 x cm (7 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches). Copies located: BPBM, very good; DL (in the Marant-Boisseveur Album), very fine, with annotation stating i
. English: Stippled portraits of Queen Kamamalu from the British original, Tamehamalu, Queen of the Sandwich Islands, aged 22 years, from a drawing made by the express desire of Her Majesty. Printed and sold by J. Dawson, 1824. This later engraving was made between by students at Lahainaluna, possibly Kepohoni. Kamamalu at lower center within frame. Platemark: x cm (11 3/8 x 10 inches). Frameline x (10 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches). Image: 19 x cm (7 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches). Copies located: BPBM, very good; DL (in the Marant-Boisseveur Album), very fine, with annotation stating it was purchased in Honolulu, 1845; HAA, 2, one fine, the second good; HMCS, fine impression of image, but with several vertical creases. 'Kamamalu (1802–1824) was the daughter of Kamehameha I and Kaheiheimalie. She was named Kamehamalu ('under the protection of Kamehameha') but was commonly called Kamamalu. Kamamalu was one of the several wives of Liholiho,better known to Westerners as Kamehameha II. When the royal couple were in London in May 1824, they sat several times for their portraits Those of of Kamamalu include an elaborate 'state' portrait (now in Iolani Palace, Honolulu) and an informal bust-length portrait by John Hayter, of which this is a reproduction. Here the chiefess is depicted facing slightly to the right, dressed in a low-necked gown with an elaborate ruffle. Her hair is elaborately arranged, but without the feathers in the official likeness Apart from a modest earring, she is devoid of jewelry. The original, small-format, 'unofficial' Hayter painting of 1824 (now in the Honolulu Academy of Arts) was immediately reproduced by lithography, and subsequently several oil copies were produced either from the lithographs or the original oil portrait in China. It is from one of the latter, which had found its way to Hawaii, that the Lahainaluna version was executed. The Lahainaluna version approximately the same size as one of the Chinese oil copes (examples of w
Size: 1889px × 2645px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., /., 1824., 1840, 1842, earlier, print
