Studio portrait of Emalani Kalanikaumaka'amano Kaleleonalani Na'ea (Queen Emma) of Hawaii.
Published / Created:
London, 1865.
Physical Description:
1 photograph : albumen print ; 26.5 x 23 cm, mounted on sheet 36 x 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View the National Portrait Gallery portrait of Emma (NPG Ax64561)
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw72285/Queen-Emma-of-Hawaii
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
A French diplomat, Silvy (1834-1910) excelled with landscape and still life photographs and a series of street scenes titled Studies on Light. He exhibited at the first Paris Salon of Photography in 1859. He moved to London in the same year, took up photography professionally and quickly established what was to become one of the most fashionable and successful portrait studios in Britain, specializing in the recently invented small carte de visite format.
Exhibition History:
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08)
Subject Terms:
Emma, Queen, consort of Kamehameha IV, King of the Hawaiian Islands, 1836–1885 -- Portraits. | Hawaii -- Kings and rulers -- Portraits.
Form/Genre:
Albumen prints. | Portrait photographs. | Photographs. | Studio portraits.