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Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819, British, Omai, 1777
- Title:
Omai
- Date:
- 1777
- Medium:
- Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches (31.8 x 22.5 cm), Plate: 10 13/16 x 7 9/16 inches (27.5 x 19.2 cm), Image: 9 x 6 15/16 inches (22.8 x 17.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, verso: Yale University Art Gallery (Lugt 2667c)
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Drawn from Nature by W. Hodges."; lower center: "OMAI. | Published Feby. 1st. 1777, by Wm. Strahan, New Street, Shoe Lane, & Thos. Cadell, in the Strand, London."; lower right: "Engraved by J. Caldwall. | No. LVII."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Chauncey B. Tinker, B.A. 1899
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.741
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- curls | man | portrait | Tahitian
- Associated People:
- Omai (c.1753–1780)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:36779
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William Hodges, RA (1744-1797) (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Isabel Combs Stuebe, Life and works of William Hodges, , Garland Publishing, Inc., New York, 1979, pp. xii, 169, no. 121, fig. 91, NJ18 H646 S75 1979 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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