Kamehameha III

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Kamehameha III

Kingdom of Hawai'i, O'ahu, Honolulu, Hawaiian, circa 1853
Photographs
Albumen silver print
Secondary support: 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.16 × 6.35 cm)
Partial gift of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn and purchased with funds from LACMA's 50th Anniversary Gala and FIJI Water (M.2015.33.1375)
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Also found on the Hawaii State Archives online collection, call number: PP-97-7-003. Dated circa 1853. ...
Also found on the Hawaii State Archives online collection, call number: PP-97-7-003. Dated circa 1853. Kauikeaouli succeeded as King Kamehameha III upon the death of his brother, Kamehameha II. During his rule, the Hawaiian kingdom’s first Constitution was granted in 1840, the laws codified and the government reorganized into Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches. It was also at this time that the system of fee simple land ownership was established in Hawai‘i. Kamehameha III and his wife, Queen Kalama, adopted his nephew Alexander Liholiho as his successor. On January 16, 1893 the Hawaiian Kingdom was invaded by United States marines which led to the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian government the following day.
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