View of Honolulu from Punchbowl
Artist
Anders Elias Jorgensen
(Danish, 1838 - 1876)
Date1875
MediumOil on canvas mounted on board
DimensionsPainting: 11 1/8 × 16 1/8 in. (28.3 × 41 cm)
Frame: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
Frame: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Hester M., Richard C., and David E., Vanderburgh in memory of Richard M. Vanderburgh, 1981 (4954.1)
Object number4954.1
DescriptionIsland Depicted - OahuSubject: Landscape Urban
A view of Waikiki -- hardly inhabited by houses, primarily swamplands still -- the bare slopes of Diamond Head, and the beaches and ocean with a single tall-masted ship in the far background, as seen from Punchbowl. In the foreground are the remains of lava rock fortifications with four canons and a Hawaiian flag flying at full height. A small wooden shack with laundry hanging in front and a solitary female figure gazing out at the view complete the scene. The frame is painted to imitate "tiger"-stripe grain at the rim and a burled texture on the concave inner plane.
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