April 17, 2024
QUEEN EMMA MOURNS KAMEHAMEHA IV & SON HAWAII CHASE CDV
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We offer 21 early photography items in the auction format every week. In addition, we list a few surprise BUY IT NOW features. CARTE DE VISITE (CDV) OF QUEEN EMMA MOURNING THE LOSS OF KING KAMEHAMEHA IV AND PRINCE ALBERT. She sits looking at a portrait of her husband. A portrait of her son is on the wall above her. BACKMARK. "H.L. CHASE, HONOLULU H.I." DEATH OF PRINCE ALBERT. "Sadly, at the age offour, he contracted brain fever (now known as meningitis) as a result of being dowsed under a cold-water faucet by his father after throwing a tantrum over a pair of boots. (However, Dr. Alfred Morris, a modern medical historian and Honolulu physician, analyzed the possible causes of Albert's death. He believe the Prince most likely died from a case of appendicitis.) ... As the prince's condition started to decline, Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma made a personal request to Queen Victoria, to send a bishop from the Anglican Church to Hawai'i in order to baptize the prince. They also requested Queen Victoria to be the godmother of Ka Haku o Hawai'i. Queen Victoria consented to both requests, and sent as a baptismal gift a silver christening cup, about three feet high, and very elaborate ... The Prince died soon tafter, on August 27, 1862, four days after his baptising ... Prince Albert's funeral was held on September 7, 1862. He was temporarily
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