Omiah, [Omai] a native of Otabeite, brought to England by Capt. Fourneaux [Furneaux] / Page, sculpto...
Omiah, [Omai] a native of Otabeite, brought to England by Capt. Fourneaux [Furneaux] / Page, sculptor
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1774
Call Numbers
P1/2167
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 17 x 11.5 cm; on paper 18 x 12.5 cm. - engraving
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The print shows Omai holding his famous stool and shows his tattooing on the tops of his feet and the back of his left wrist. It is pasted down on a sheet of wove paper.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Omiah, [Omai] a native of Otabeite, brought to England by Capt. Fourneaux [Furneaux] / Page, sculptor
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Lower bottom right, below image: Page sculp.
Attributions / Conjectures
The engraving is probably based on 'Omai, a native of Ulaietea, brought into England in the year 1774 by Tobias Furneaux by N. Dance, del. and F. Bartolozzi sculp'.
Date note
Date based on issue date of London Magazine.
Description source
Title underneath image.
Published information
The image appeared in the 'London Magazine, or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer' for August 1774 on page 362. The article, 'Genuine account of Omiah, a native of Otaheite, a new discovered island in the South-Seas, lately brought over to England by Capt. Fourneaux appears on pages 363-364.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House, 2015
Curiosity and Discovery, Voyages and Travels in the Spirit of Enlightenment catalogue, 2015, no. 151
Administrative / Biographical history
Omiah or Omai, ca 1751-1780, was brought aboard Cook’s second voyage by Captain Furneaux in 1774. He came from the island of Huahine near Tahiti. Omai became the first South Sea islander seen in Britain.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P1/2167
Record Identifier
n88E57zn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88E57zn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1344680
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