Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi
1880
Albumen photograph on mount
Image: 6¾ × 9 in. (17.1 × 22.9 cm); matted: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Henry L. Chase's 1880 photograph documents a group of Hawaiian women wading in Nuʻuanu Stream on Oʻahu, one of the island's principal freshwater courses running through the valley above Honolulu. Chase was among the photographers active in Hawaiʻi during the late 19th century producing documentary and portrait work that forms part of the early visual record of Hawaiian community life. The mounted format preserves the photograph within the larger collecting presentation typical of the period.
The composition places the figures in shallow water against a dense bank of tropical vegetation, the stream surface and foliage filling the frame with an even, unhurried quality. Chase's albumen process renders the scene with a soft tonal range and warm sepia surface. The John Dominis Holt provenance connects this photograph to one of Honolulu's most significant literary and collecting lineages.
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Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi
1880
Albumen photograph on mount
Image: 6¾ × 9 in. (17.1 × 22.9 cm); matted: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Henry L. Chase's 1880 photograph documents a group of Hawaiian women wading in Nuʻuanu Stream on Oʻahu, one of the island's principal freshwater courses running through the valley above Honolulu. Chase was among the photographers active in Hawaiʻi during the late 19th century producing documentary and portrait work that forms part of the early visual record of Hawaiian community life. The mounted format preserves the photograph within the larger collecting presentation typical of the period.
The composition places the figures in shallow water against a dense bank of tropical vegetation, the stream surface and foliage filling the frame with an even, unhurried quality. Chase's albumen process renders the scene with a soft tonal range and warm sepia surface. The John Dominis Holt provenance connects this photograph to one of Honolulu's most significant literary and collecting lineages.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
