Portrait of Omai, Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Solander
William Parry
- Art Funded
- 2003
- Dimensions
- 152.5 x 152.5 cm
- Vendor
- Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd
The group portrait depicts Joseph Banks (1743-1820) and Dr Daniel Solander (1736-1782), who travelled together as naturalists on Captain Cook's first voyage to the South Pacific in 1768.
They are accompanied by the Tahitian Omai (circa 1753-circa 1776) who was their charge after his arrival in England in 1774. Joint acquisition by the National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum Wales.
Provenance
Sir Robert Williams Vaughan; by descent to Brigadier CH Vaughan; Christie's, 1965; Gooden and Fox: Mrs PA Tritton; by descent to present owner.