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This conversation piece portrays Joseph Banks, future President of the Royal Society, with Dr Daniel Solander, the Swedish botanist and Keeper of Natural History at the British Museum, and the Tahitian Omai. Banks and Solander were leading naturalists of the day who accompanied Captain Cook on his first epic voyage to the South Pacific in 1768. Omai, a 'native' of 'Otaheite' had come to England in 1773 on Captain Tobias Furneaux's ship, 'The Adventure', after making friends with the crew.

National Museum Cardiff

Title

Omai (c.1753–c.1776/1777), Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), and Dr Daniel Solander (1736–1782)

Date

c.1775–1776

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 150 x W 150 cm

Accession number

NMW A 26031

Acquisition method

purchased jointly with the National Portrait Gallery and the Captain Cook Memorial Museum with the assistance of the Art Fund, 2003

Work type

Painting

National Museum Cardiff

Cathays Park, Cardiff (Caerdydd) CF10 3NP Wales

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Artist or maker

William Parry

1742–1791

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