In around 1775--6, he painted the Portrait of Omai with Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Solander, one of his most celebrated works. In 1779 Parry's wife Elizabeth (n*e Keene) died in childbirth. In 1789 Parry returned to Italy, according to James Northcote, ``to seek employment in art, in addition to the wish of stifling the regret for the loss of an amiable wife''. After a sudden decline in his health, he returned to London, where he died in 1791, aged 47.
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