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James J. Williams
Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani1881

Not on view
Sepia-toned cabinet card photograph, full-length portrait of a woman in a dark off-the-shoulder gown with lace trim, leaning on a studio settee, Honolulu
Artist or Maker
James J. Williams
British, 1853 - 1926
Title
Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani
Culture
Hawaiian
Place Made
Kingdom of Hawai'i, O'ahu, Honolulu
Date Made
1881
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Secondary support: 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.51 × 10.8 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.2015.33.1454
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Art of the Pacific
Curatorial Notes
Photo also found on page 76 in the book From Sword to Share, or A Fortune in Five Years at Hawai'i (1881) by Henry Whalley Nicholson.