Hawaii, United States
April 18, 1874
Wood block print, matted
Mat: Height 11 in (27.9 cm), Width 14 in (35.6 cm); Image: Height 6½ in (16.5 cm), Width 9½ in (24.1 cm)
Provenance: Donald Angus, Honolulu, Hawaii
Wood block prints from the Illustrated London News documenting Hawaiian royal ceremonies are primary visual records of the Kingdom of Hawaii during the monarchy period, produced for a mass readership and reflecting the significant international attention paid to Hawaiian affairs by the British press throughout the nineteenth century. The funeral of a Hawaiian king was among the most ceremonially elaborate events in the Kingdom's public life, combining indigenous chiefly protocol with the Christian and Western ceremonial elements adopted by the Hawaiian monarchy from the 1820s onward. This print from April 18, 1874 documents one such occasion for the British reading public.
The image depicts a formal funeral procession with military escort, mourners, and ceremonial elements rendered in the detailed engraving style characteristic of Illustrated London News reportage of the period. The print is matted and in collectible condition, and the Honolulu provenance through Donald Angus connects it to the local Hawaiian historical collecting community.
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Hawaii, United States
April 18, 1874
Wood block print, matted
Mat: Height 11 in (27.9 cm), Width 14 in (35.6 cm); Image: Height 6½ in (16.5 cm), Width 9½ in (24.1 cm)
Provenance: Donald Angus, Honolulu, Hawaii
Wood block prints from the Illustrated London News documenting Hawaiian royal ceremonies are primary visual records of the Kingdom of Hawaii during the monarchy period, produced for a mass readership and reflecting the significant international attention paid to Hawaiian affairs by the British press throughout the nineteenth century. The funeral of a Hawaiian king was among the most ceremonially elaborate events in the Kingdom's public life, combining indigenous chiefly protocol with the Christian and Western ceremonial elements adopted by the Hawaiian monarchy from the 1820s onward. This print from April 18, 1874 documents one such occasion for the British reading public.
The image depicts a formal funeral procession with military escort, mourners, and ceremonial elements rendered in the detailed engraving style characteristic of Illustrated London News reportage of the period. The print is matted and in collectible condition, and the Honolulu provenance through Donald Angus connects it to the local Hawaiian historical collecting community.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
