Sandwich Islands: Houses of Kalanimoku, Prime Minister of the King; Fabric Making.

Autor:

Marie Joseph Alphonse Pellion

Credit:

[2]; originally published as plate 86 of Louis de Freycinet [et al.] (1825) Voyage autour du monde : entrepris par ordre du roi, sous le ministère et conformément aux instructions de S. Exc. M. le vicomte du Bouchage, secrétaire d'état au Département de la marine, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820 ... [A Voyage Around the World: Undertaken by Order of the King, under the Ministry and in Accordance with the Instructions of S. Exc. M. the Viscount du Bouchage, Secretary of State of the Department of the Navy, Executed using the Corvettes S.M. Urania and Physicienne, during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819 and 1820 ...], Paryż: Chez Pillet Aîne OCLC: 154650831.

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Opis:

A depiction by Alphonse Pellion, the artist who accompanied French explorer Louis de Freycinet to the Sandwich Islands (now the Hawaiian Islands) on board the Uranie, of the esteemed Prime Minister Kalanimoku standing in the doorway of one of his houses in the company of his wife Likelike, shown with her right arm raised and about to strike a sheet of kapa. In the foreground is an Olo board, the largest of the Hawaiian wood surfboards. Reserved for royalty, they ranged in size from 1.8 to 8 meters.

Licencja:

Public domain