Mar 18, 2010 - Sale 2207

Sale 2207 - Lot 122

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(HAWAII.) Group of carte-de-visite portraits of the eight reigning monarchs of Hawaii. 8 photographs, each mounted on 4 x 2 1/2 inch cards, annotated on verso, some with mounting remnants on verso. Honolulu, circa 1870-85
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All eight monarchs of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1795-1893) are here: Kings Kamehameha I, II, III, IV, and V, King Lunalilo I, King Kalakaua I, and Queen Liliuokalani. All photographs were produced by Menzies Dickson of Honolulu circa 1870-82, except for Liluokalani by Andreas A. Montano of Honolulu (same period), and Kamehameha II, III, and V by Henry L. Chase. The first two kings are represented by photographs of paintings.