Mai

"This portrait is of Omai (more correctly Mai), a young Raiatean from Huahine who joined Captain James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific, on board the Adventure and was the first Polynesian to visit England.

Mae caused a sensation on arriving in London, and met all the great men of the day, including George III. He had befriended James Burney, Lieutenant on the Adventure and brother of the writer Fanny Burney. She discussed meeting with him in her journal, and her impression of his fine bows, cultivated and rational manners, and his striking tattoos." (Beskrivning från inlägg om ett grafiskt tryck vid Royal Museums Greenwhich, nr PAI2070)