{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/642edc745f80b2001139dba3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Britain’s first grand portrait of a person of colour is saved for the nation","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1659027691161-ec0984c30a499cf38724279c0daaeb82.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This bank holiday weekend, we're taking a step back from the news to bring you an update on a story we covered earlier in the year.</p><p>One of Britain's most important paintings of a non-white subject has now been saved for the nation following a public campaign to raise £50 million to buy it from its private owner. This is the story of the Portrait of Omai. </p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.</em></p><p><strong>Guest: </strong>Bendor Grosvenor, British art historian.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Host: </strong>David Aaronovitch.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Clips: </strong>Oxford University Press, TRT.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Times"}