Holland, Nathaniel Dance (Sir) 1734-1811 :Omai, a native of Ulaietea. Brought into England in the year 1774 by Tobias Furneaux Esq.re, Commander of his Majesty's Sloop Adventure. Humbly inscribed to the Right Hon.ble John Earl of Sandwich, First Commissioner for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland &c, &c, &c. By his lordship's most devoted and humble servant Francesco Bartolozzi. F Bartolozzi sculp. ; N. Dance del. 1774

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Holland, Nathaniel Dance (Sir) 1734-1811 :Omai, a native of Ulaietea. Brought into England in the year 1774 by Tobias Furneaux Esq.re, Commander of his Majesty's Sloop Adventure. Humbly inscribed to the Right Hon.ble John Earl of Sandwich, First Commissioner for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland &c, &c, &c. By his lordship's most devoted and humble servant Francesco Bartolozzi. F Bartolozzi sculp. ; N. Dance del. 1774

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Standing portrait of Mai, or Omai, draped in flowing robes, in classical pose. Mai, or Omai, from Raiatea in the Society Islands, was the first Polynesian to visit Britain. He travelled there from Raiatea in 1774 aboard the "Adventure", Captain Tobias Furneaux, from Cook's second voyage. During his visit to England his portrait was painted by Reynolds, William Hodges and Nathaniel Dance Holland. He returned with Cook to the Society Islands in 1777. In a catalogue of August 2014, Maggs B...

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Date created

1774

Creator

Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815 / Dance-Holland, Nathaniel (Sir), 1734-1811 / Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22910784

Related subjects

Omai, -1780 / Cook, James, 1728-1779 / Voyages, 2nd, 1772-1775 / Men, Tahitian

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