The warrior, the voyager, and the artist : three lives in an age of empire /

A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and the British artist who painted them both. This engaging history of empire brings together the stories of Joshua Reynolds and two of his portraiture subjects - Ostenaco and Mai - and explores the intrusion of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fullagar, Kate (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Colección:Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
Temas:
Reynolds, Joshua, > Sir, > 1723-1792.
Omai.
1600-1799
Portrait painters > Great Britain > Biography.
Cherokee Indians > Biography.
Indigenous peoples > Travel > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Indians of North America > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Portraitistes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Cherokee > Biographies.
Peuples autochtones > États-Unis > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
HISTORY > Modern > 18th Century.
Portrait painters.
Manners and customs.
Indians of North America > Colonial period.
Civilization.
Cherokee Indians.
British colonies.
Imperialism.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Social life and customs.
Great Britain > Civilization > 18th century.
États-Unis > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Amérique > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Mœurs et coutumes.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 18e siècle.
United States.
Great Britain.
America.
Biography
History.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: On Lives and Empire; 1 The Warrior-Diplomat: Ostenaco of the Appalachians; 2 The Artist-Philosopher: Reynolds in Britain; 3 A Cherokee Envoy and the Portrait That Failed; 4 Home to a New World: Ostenaco's American Revolution; Interlude: On Ornaments; 5 Man on a Mission: Mai from Ra'iatea; 6 The Master Ascendant: Reynolds Becomes President; 7 A Pacific Celebrity and the Portrait That Worked; 8 Return of the Traveler: Mai's Last Voyage; Epilogue: On Dying in the Eighteenth Century; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index

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