Object Details
- Artist
- Unidentified Artist
- Copy after
- Bradley & Rulofson, active 1863 - 1878
- Sitter
- King David Kalakaua, 16 Nov 1836 - 20 Jan 1891
- Exhibition Label
- Born in Honolulu and raised in the court of King Kamehameha III, David Kala¯kaua was elected king of Hawai‘i in 1874. His reign was marked by the political and economic rise of white foreigners, including the descendants of the New England missionaries who had arrived in the 1820s. Straddling the worlds of Ka¯naka Maoli, or Native Hawaiians, and the increasingly powerful Anglo-Americans in Hawai‘i, Kala¯kaua cultivated international diplomatic relations to strengthen his kingdom.
- This broadside documents Kala¯kaua’s trip to Washington, D.C., shortly after he assumed the throne. With this visit, Kala¯kaua met with President Ulysses S. Grant and laid the groundwork for a treaty of reciprocity that would allow Anglo-American sugar planters in Hawai‘i to export their product to the United States without tariffs. Approved a year later, the treaty fostered the boom of the Hawaiian sugar industry. Subsequently, the archipelago’s thriving economy heightened its overall appeal for U.S. annexation.
- Nacido en Honolulu y criado en la corte del rey Kamehameha III, David Kala¯kaua fue elegido rey de Hawái en 1874. Su reinado estuvo marcado por el ascenso político y económico de los extranjeros blancos, entre ellos los descendientes de los misioneros de Nueva Inglaterra llegados en la década de 1820. A caballo entre los mundos de los ka¯naka maoli (hawaianos nativos) y los angloamericanos que afianzaban su poder en Hawái, Kala¯kaua cultivó la diplomacia internacional para fortalecer su reino.
- Este pliego documenta el viaje de Kala¯kaua a Washington D.C. poco después de acceder al trono. Kala¯kaua se reunió con el presidente Ulysses S. Grant y sentó las bases para un tratado de reciprocidad que permitiría a los hacendados azucareros anglos en Hawái exportar su producto a EE.UU. sin tarifas. Aprobado un año después, el tratado fomentó el auge de la industria azucarera hawaiana. Más tarde, la próspera economía del archipiélago aumentó el atractivo de este para la anexión por parte de EE.UU.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; purchased through generous contributions to the Victor Proetz Memorial Fund
- 1875
- Object number
- S/NPG.68.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 36 × 23.6 cm (14 3/16 × 9 5/16")
- Sheet: 39.2 × 27.5 cm (15 7/16 × 10 13/16")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Weapon\Sword
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Epaulet
- King David Kalakaua: Male
- King David Kalakaua: Politics and Government\Ruler\King
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_S_NPG.68.18
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43f3195f1-da47-4e01-aa18-5017f92d9ce1
