[Photographt] King of the Hawaiian Islands from 1854 to 1863, Kamehameha IV feared that strong American economic influence in his kingdom would ultimately lead to its annexation by the United States. As a result, his policies were largely shaped by his desire to prevent such an occurrence.

Henry Chase took this photograph. He worked as a photographer in Hawaii from 1862 until his death in 1901 and made portraits of many of Hawaii's prominent late 19th-century citizens.

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

Photograph of Kamehameha IV (1834-63), about 1862, by Henry L. Chase (1831-1901), albumen silver print

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