[Photographt] From 1810 to 1893, the islands of Hawaii were a united kingdom. Kamehameha III was one of the most effective and revered kings to occupy the throne. He came to power in 1825 and ruled nearly 30 years.

Under Kamehameha III, Hawaii experienced considerable economic growth. and the expansion of public education. The kingdom adopted its first penal code and implemented a constitution patterned largely after those of U.S. state governments.

Henry Chase took this photograph from an image taken by another photographer about 1850.

Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, gift of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.

Photograph of Kamehameha III (1814-54), about 1870, by Henry L. Chase (1831- 1901), albumen silver print after an 1850 daguerreotype

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