The Painted King: Art, Activism, and Authenticity in Hawaii

Appendix 2: Significant Dates in the Early History of the Kamehameha Sculpture

177 Sept. 1878 The Hawaiian legislature contracted with Thomas Ridgeway Gould to create the sculpture 1880 The Barbedienne foundry in Paris cast the sculpture Aug. 21, 1880 The ship Geo. F. Haendel, carrying the sculpture, left Bremen for Honolulu Nov. 15, 1880 The Geo. F. Haendel sunk off the coast of the Falkland Islands, near Argentina Feb. 22, 1881 Honolulu residents learned of the shipwreck July 23, 1881 The Hawaiian legislature commissioned the second sculpture Nov. 1881 The Barbedienne foundry cast the second sculpture Nov. 26, 1881 Thomas Ridgeway Gould died Dec. 1881 The artist’s son, Marshall S. Gould, completed four reliefs depicting the life of Kamehameha March 27, 1882 The first sculpture (found in the Falkland islands) arrived in Honolulu on the ship Earl of Dalhousie April 1, 1882 A fence was built around the first sculpture in Honolulu for future repairs Jan. 31, 1883 The second sculpture arrived in Honolulu, along with a Appendix 2 Significant Dates in the Early History of the Kamehameha Sculpture 178 appendixes new forearm for the damaged first sculpture, on the ship Aberman Feb. 14, 1883 The second sculpture was unveiled in Honolulu during the coronation of King Kalākaua May 1, 1883 After restoration, the first sculpture was sent to Māhukona (Kohala’s port on the island of Hawai‘i) on the ship Likelike May 6, 1883 King Kalākaua arrived in Kohala on the Russian ship Nayezdnik May 8, 1883 The first sculpture was unveiled in Āinakea, Kohala ...