King Kalakaua of Hawaii sits in the cabin of the Casco wearing a light coloured suit and holding a straw boater. To his right is Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife Fanny. Fanny is wearing a floral dress and black lace gloves. On the floor sits Lloyd Osbourne looking up towards Mrs Margaret Stevenson. Mrs Stevenson has a long dark dress and a white bonnet with a long veil at the back.
This photograph was taken on the Casco when it was docked in Honolulu on the 1st February 1889.
Margaret Stevenson (nee Balfour) was Robert Louis Stevenson's mother. Lloyd Osbourne was Fanny Stevenson's son and Robert Louis Stevenson's step-son. David Kalakaua (1836-1891) was the last king of Hawaii from 1874-1891. He is sometimes referred to as The Merrie Monarch.
