Poster of Cast and Crew in Imagine… - Season 1 - Episode 6 - The Potrait of Omai

Imagine… - Season 1 - The Potrait of Omai (Episode 6)

Plot: Alan Yentob tells the story of Joshua Reynolds’ portrait of Britain’s first non-white celebrity, Omai, which the Tate Gallery is fighting to keep in Britain. One of the artist’s greatest works, and the first ever grand portrait of a non-white subject, the picture captures the image of a man who became an overnight sensation in 18th-century London after being plucked from obscurity in Tahiti
Episode Aired On:
Wednesday, July 16 2003
21 years ago