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English: Wax portrait bust of Liholiho (Kamehameha II), made in London and brought to Hawaii aboard the Blonde with the bodies of the late King, and Queen Kamamalu. Its presentation to the bereaved court in Honolulu by Lord Byron in May, 1825, was the occasion of much grief and weeping. Gift to Bishop Musem (No. 8052) BY Mrs. E. K. Pratt, l897.
Date circa 1824
date QS:P,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Hawaii State Archives. Call Number: PP-97-6-003
Author unknown, donated to Bishop Museum in 1897 by Mrs. Elizabeth Kekaaniau Pratt
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