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Collections

H.R.H The Princess Miriam Likelike (Hon. Mrs. Cleghorn)1881

Not on view
Sepia-toned carte-de-visite portrait photograph of a seated woman in a dark silk dress with lace collar and small velvet hat, leaning her cheek on her hand
Title
H.R.H The Princess Miriam Likelike (Hon. Mrs. Cleghorn)
Culture
Hawaiian
Place Made
Kingdom of Hawai'i
Date Made
1881
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (19.69 × 13.97 cm)
Credit Line
Partial gift of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn and purchased with funds from LACMA's 50th Anniversary Gala and FIJI Water
Accession Number
M.2015.33.168
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Art of the Pacific
Curatorial Notes

Miriam Likelike photograph from the book "From Sword to Share: or A Fortune in Five Years in Hawai'i" by Henry Whalley Nicholson (1881) page 78.

Miriam Likelike Kekāuluohi Keahelapalapa Kapili (January 13, 1851 – February 2, 1887) was a Princess of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, sister of the last two ruling monarchs, mother of Princess Kaʻiulani, last heir to the throne, and mistress of the ʻĀinahau estate. She shared the same name with Likelike, an earlier Hawaiian chiefess.

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.