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[Emma, Queen of Sandwich Islands, 1836-1885, three-quarters length, seated, facing left] – Vintage Print

[Emma, Queen of Sandwich Islands, 1836-1885, three-quarters length, seated, facing left] — antique engraving
[Emma, Queen of Sandwich Islands, 1836-1885, three-quarters length, seated, facing left]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of [Emma, Queen of Sandwich Islands, 1836-1885, three-quarters length, seated, facing left]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Emma, Queen of Sandwich Islands, 1836-1885, three-quarters length, seated, facing left]

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This engraving shows Emma, identified in the record as Queen of the Sandwich Islands, the old name for the Hawaiian Islands, seated in three-quarter length and turned to the left. Emma (1836-1885) was the wife of King Kamehameha IV, and after his death in 1863 she remained a prominent figure in the Kingdom of Hawaii. She is best remembered for helping found the Queen's Hospital in Honolulu, which opened in 1860 and still operates today. Portraits like this one, dated 1869, circulated widely in the United States and Britain, where the Hawaiian royal family cultivated international recognition.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes1869
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan898 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136470

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