IDNO

P.99017.GCUM

Description

Half-length seated portrait of King Pomare V. [JD 22/5/2008]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; French Polynesia; Society Islands; Tahiti

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

King Pomare V

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Gordon Cumming, Constance Frederica

Date

?1876 - 1877

Collection Name

Gordon Cumming Collection

Source

Gordon Cumming, Constance Frederica

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This album has been transferred from CUMMA’s Object Collections (original accession number Z 4152), into the Photographic Collections, and catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Program One.

P.98869.GCUM to P.99045.GCUM are in A.169.GCUM.

Biographical Information: 1877 - 1880 H.M. Pomare V, By the grace of God, King of Tahiti, Moorea and its dependencies. b. at Afa'ahiti, Taravao, 3rd November 1839, as Teri'i Tari'a Te-ra-tane, educ. privately. Became Heir Apparent and as Crown Prince (Ari'i-aue) on the death of his elder brother, 13th May 1855. Succeeded on the death of his mother, 17th September 1877. Crowned at Papeete, 24th September 1877. Ceded Tahiti and her dependencies to France, 29th June 1880. Rcvd: Officer of the Orders of the Legion of Honour and Agricultural Merit of France. m. (first) at Huahine,11th November 1857 (div. 5th August 1861), Te-mari'i-a-Teurura'i Ma'i-hara Te-uhe, Ari'i-rahi of Huahine (b. at Huahine, ca. 1838; m. second, 26th November 1877, Afai-au-Tatahi, from the Tuamotus; d.s.p.l. at Papeete, 21st August 1891), eldest daughter of the Te-uru-ra'i Ari'i-mate, Ari'i-rahi of Huahine, by his wife, Te-ha'apapa II, Ari'i-rahi of Huahine, daughter of Moe-'ore Teri'i-tino-rua Te-ari'i-noho-ra'i, Ari'i-rahi of Huahine. m. (second) at Papeete, 28th January 1875 (div. 25th January 1888), Joanna Marau-Ta'aroa Te-pa'u [H.M. Queen Marau] (b. 24th April 1860; d. at Papeete, 4th February1935, bur. Uranie Cemetery, Papeete), educ. Young Ladies' Coll., Sydney, NSW, rcvd: Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France (1924), third daughter of Ari'i Taima'i Tane The Hon Alexander Salmon, sometime Minister for Home Affairs, by his wife,  Princess Teri'i-rere-i-otu-rau-ma-toarai Ari'i-o-ehau Ta-aro-Ari'i Ari'i Taima'i-vahine, Ari'i-rahi of Papara, daughter of Tupu-a-Ta'aroa, of Teraimarou. He d. at the Royal Palace, Papeete, 12th June 1891 (bur. Tomb of the King, Utu'ai'ai, Arue), having had issue, one son and two daughters. [Source: Tahiti: The Pomare Dynasty, www.4dw.net/royalark/Tahiti/tahiti3.htm, JD 22/5/2008]