Statues of Kamehameha I

Gibson contacted Thomas R. Gould, a Boston sculptor living abroad in Florence, Italy to create the statue.

[2][3][4] Gould apparently relied mostly on a bust portrait of an elderly Kamehameha, an engraving of "Tamea-mea"[5] that was a thirdhand copy printed in d'Urville's book (1834).

The original with minor damages was repaired, and was relocated to the legendary king's birthplace at ʻĀinakea in Kohala on Hawaiʻi Island with the dedication ceremony taking place on May 8, 1883.

[16] The re-ordered copy is the statue that now stands in front of the Aliʻiōlani Hale court building in Honolulu.

The 14-foot (4.3 m) statue was sculpted by R. Sandrin at the Fracaro Foundry in Vicenza, Italy in 1963 but was not erected on this site and dedicated until June 1997.

Hawaiian artist, author and historian Herb Kawainui Kane created the nine-and-a-half-foot work, which presides over the entrance of the hotel, facing the porte cochere.

[23] The Gould statue can be briefly seen in the opening credits of the original 1960s TV police drama Hawaii Five-O as well as the 2010 series reboot.

The statue is also seen multiple times in a three-part series of Sanford and Son when the duo go on a vacation to Hawaii.