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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| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 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; A; B; C; D; E
- FG; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z