IDNO

P.99041.GCUM

Description

Head and shoulders studio portrait of John Owen Dominis, Prince consort of Hawaii, wearing a military uniform with medals, braids and a sash. [JD 23/5/2008]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

John Owen Dominis

Photographer

?Willliams, J.J. & Co., Honolulu

Collector / Expedition

?Gordon Cumming, Constance Frederica

Date

?24 November 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: John, Prince Consort of Hawaii (John Owen Dominis) (styled His Royal Highness John, Prince Consort of Hawaii) (10 March 1832 – 27 August 1891) was an American-born statesman, Prince Consort of the Kingdom of Hawai?i and royal governor of the islands of O?ahu and Maui in the present-day United States. Dominis was married to Queen Lili?uokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawai?i before being overthrown by the Committee of Safety, a group composed of American and European businessmen who sought to insure Western interests in the region. The overthrow resulted in the founding of the Republic of Hawai?i in 1893. [Source: Hawaii Travel, www.hawaiitravelnewsletter.com, JD 23/5/2008]

Related image: Portrait of the same series held at the Smithsonian National Anthropological Archives with the following information:
Creator: Williams, J. J. & Co.
Title: Portrait of John O. Dominis 1892
Place of creation: American Polynesia Hawaiian Islands Oahu Island/Honolulu?
Culture: Hawaiians
Local Number: NAA INV 04884300, OPPS NEG 79-11294
[Source: http://siris-archives.si.edu, JD 23/5/2008]