IDNO

P.99039.GCUM

Description

Half-length seated studio portrait of Kapiolani, Queen Consort of Hawaii, wearing a European style dress adorned with two medals and a sash, and a locket worn on a ribbon. [JD 23/5/2008]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; N America; United States of America; Hawaii

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Kapiolani, Queen Consort of Hawaii; formally Esther Julia Kapi’olani or Esther Julia Kapi’olani Napelakapuokaka’e.

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Gordon Cumming, Constance Frederica

Date

?1879

Collection Name

Gordon Cumming Collection

Source

Gordon Cumming, Constance Frederica

Format

Cabinet Card

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: “Queen Kapiolani of Hawaii was born on December 31, 1834 and her full name was either Esther Julia Kapi’olani or Esther Julia Kapi’olani Napelakapuokaka’e. She was the granddaughter of Kaumualii, the last king of Kauai and she was the step daughter of Queen Kaahumanu.
She married High Chief David Kalakaua in 1863, before he became King of Hawaii.
Queen Kapiolani was known for her good works and high morals. She tried to make a better life for the Hawaiian people and, in fact, most of the time she chose to speak Hawaiian rather then English.
She founded the Kapiolani Maternity Hospital for native Hawaiian mothers. Today it is called the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children.
King Kalakaua named Waikiki's Kapiolani Park after his wife, Queen Kapiolani. . [Source: Hawaii Travel, www.hawaiitravelnewsletter.com, JD 23/5/2008]