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provided photographs of Polynesians to assist in the visualization. But due to the fact that Gould was in Italy studying Roman sculpture, he adopted the stance of a Roman general with gesturing hand, spear, and cape are also Roman appropriations for the Hawaiian king. The belt or sash on the statue's waist is a symbolic rendering of the
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Gould apparently relied mostly on a bust portrait of an elderly Kamehameha, an engraving of "Tamea-mea" that was a thirdhand copy printed in d'Urville's book (1834). But he was also requested to make the monarch appear as a 45 year-old, at the request of the monument committee. Gould was also
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to the Hawaiian Islands. The legislature appropriated $ 10,000 for the project and made Gibson the director of the project, which originally included native Hawaiians but they soon were off the project and Gibson ran the project by himself. Gibson contacted
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was nominated as the Democratic Party's candidate for the presidency, the statue was moved from a dark, back row of Statuary Hall to a prominent position in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol's new visitor center.
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created the nine-and-a-half-foot work, which presides over the entrance of the hotel, facing the porte cochere. It is purported to be the most lifelike representation of the great warrior king.
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for $ 500, who brought it to Honolulu and sold it to Gibson for $ 875. The original with minor damages was repaired, and was relocated to the legendary king's birthplace at ʻĀinakea in
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and to be the destination of the statue. The statue was too late for the 100th anniversary, but in 1880, the statue was placed aboard the German barque
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the ship wrecked and the statue was thought lost. However, the Hawaiians had insured the statue for $ 12,000 and a second casting was quickly made.
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with the dedication ceremony taking place on May 8, 1883. The statue was moved a short distance in 1912 to its present location at the courthouse
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statues are ceremoniously draped in fresh lei fashioned in Hawaiʻi. The event is celebrated in the United States Capitol with traditional
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There was a sixth statue in Las Vegas, NV, along the Strip at the Hawaiian Marketplace. It was removed in January 2014 to make way for a
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Before the second statue could be sent, the original was recovered by some Falkland Islanders. They sold it to Capt. Jervis of the
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Voyage pittoresque autour du monde: resumé général des voyages de découvertes, de Magellan, Tasman, Dampier [et autres]
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Though the figure in the surviving photo is labeled as Robert in Kamehiro's book, this should be emended as John.
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A third replica was commissioned when Hawaii attained statehood and was unveiled in 1969. It stood in the
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The Gould statue can be briefly seen in the opening credits of the original 1960s TV police drama
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where it became weathered by the harsh desert elements, deemed beyond repair, and disposed.
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court building in Honolulu. It had arrived safely in Honolulu aboard the British ship
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The re-ordered copy is the statue that now stands in front of the
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Kapaʻau statue with schoolchildren of plantation workers in 1900s
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The pictured statue stands prominently in front of
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statue that stands today in front of Aliʻiolani Hale
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