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446559
  • Title
    Friday Fletcher October Christian, son of Fletcher Christian Mutineer of the Bounty / Drawn by Lieut. Shillibeer
  • Creator
  • Call number
    DL Pd 701
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1814
  • Type of material
  • 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
  • Subject
  • Topic
  • Place
  • Exhibited in

    Painting the Pacific - State Library of New South Wales (28 January - 28 April, 2002)
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