Cabinet-card format albumen print showing a composite photo of images of Samoa by the photographer John Davis, circa 1885. Card imprinted front "A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year / J. Davis Photo, Samoa" and inscribed verso "With much love from Auntie Lizzie." Price: $175. ( Inventory# ie295 )
Davis began working on Samoa in 1873. He died in 1903.
Depicted near the center of this card are small images of the Samoan King Susuga Malietoa Laupepa who ruled with a brief interruption from 1875-1898, and a woman probably his spouse, Sisavai'i Malupo Niuva'ai.
