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At the National Portrait Gallery in London, you will find the Portrait of Mai (Omai), circa 1753-80, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds around 1776. Reynolds's depiction of Mai, the first Polynesian to visit Britain, marks the first British painting to portray a person of colour with dignity and grandeur. Known as “Omai” in England, Mai (ca. 1753-1779) was a native of Raiatea, an island now part of French Polynesia, who travelled from Tahiti to England with Captain James Cook. He spent the years ... Thomas Gainsborough, William Hogarth, National Gallery Of Ireland, George Romney, Joshua Reynolds, Castle Howard, L'art Du Portrait, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais

At the National Portrait Gallery in London, you will find the Portrait of Mai (Omai), circa 1753-80, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds around 1776. Reynolds's depiction of Mai, the first Polynesian to visit Britain, marks the first British painting to portray a person of colour with dignity and grandeur. Known as “Omai” in England, Mai (ca. 1753-1779) was a native of Raiatea, an island now part of French Polynesia, who travelled from Tahiti to England with Captain James Cook. He spent the years…

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton 1723-1792 London) | Portrait of Elizabeth Falconer, Mrs. Stanhope, as Contemplation, three-quarter-length, in a white satin dress, before a draped curtain | 18th Century, Paintings | Christie's Joshua Reynolds, 18th Century Paintings, Master Drawing, Historical Painting, Principles Of Art, Old Paintings, British Art, Agatha Christie, Old Master

Portrait of Elizabeth Falconer, Mrs. Stanhope, as Contemplation, three-quarter-length, in a white satin dress, before a draped curtain

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