• Title
  Friday Fletcher October Christian, son of Fletcher Christian Mutineer of the Bounty / Drawn by Lieut. Shillibeer
• Creator
  J. (John) Shillibeer
• Call number
  DL Pd 701
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1814
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  446559
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 pencil & watercolour drawing - image 14.5 x 11.5 cm., on card 18 x 15 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  John Shillibeer was lieutenant in command of marines on board the 44-gun frigate HMS 'Briton' when it sailed from England in December 1813 for South America. While returning to Valparaiso it visited Pitcairn Island, where Shillibeer interviewed John Adams, the last survivor of the 'Bounty' mutiny. He painted a portrait of Friday Christian, Fletcher Christian's son, as well as a number of naive views which later appeared as etchings in his narrative of this eventful voyage published in 1817. Reference: 'Painting the Pacific' exhibition catalogue, State Library of New South Wales, 2002.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Digital order no:a928315
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled in ink below image
  "Engraved by -" below image at lower right
  "The width of the plate had better not exceed these marks" in pencil above image
• Name
  Christian, Fletcher, 1764-1793
  Christian, Friday Fletcher October
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  portraits
  sons
  
• Place
  Pitcairn Island.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Painting the Pacific - State Library of New South Wales (28 January - 28 April, 2002)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3320849

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