FDA-E.196-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.196-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Omai
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
3rd state
Other number
STO 114
Description
Content (person)
Omai, c.1753 - 1780 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 627mm
width (sight size): 380mm
height (actual size): 812mm
width (actual size): 609mm
width (sight size): 380mm
height (actual size): 812mm
width (actual size): 609mm
Inscription
Lettered below image: 'Omai, A Native of the Island of Utietea'
Physical description
Cut to size
Production
Person
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Source artist)
Jacobi, John (Engraver)
Boydell, John, 1719 - 1804 (Publisher)
Jacobi, John (Engraver)
Boydell, John, 1719 - 1804 (Publisher)
Date
01/09/1780
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: 'To Botany Bay and Back: The Worldwide Web of Sir Joseph Banks', Tower Gallery, Eton College, 9 May to 16 October 2022
Previous ownership
References
• Hamilton, E., A Catalogue Raisonne of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., from 1755 to 1822, London: P&D Colnaghi and Co., 1884 (p. 53)
