Mutiny on the Bounty
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‘Poedua, the Daughter of Orio’, oil painting by John Webber. One of the earliest images of a Polynesian woman produced by a European painter for a western audience. Royal Museums Greenwich
Hawaiian King’s sailing canoes bringing presents to Captain Cook. Engraving by John Webber. commons.wikimedia.org
The death of Captain Cook, as portrayed by George Carter, 1781. National Library of Australia
‘In Oparrey Harbour [Oparre Bay] – Island of Otahytey’ by George Tobin. Mitchell Library, SLNSW, PXA 563
‘The Observatory, Point Venus, Otahytey’ by George Tobin. Mitchell Library, SLNSW, PXA 563
‘A young woman of Otaheite, bringing a present’; engraving after a drawing by John Webber, the artist on Cook’s third voyage. The girl wears a ‘dress’ consisting of a prodigious amount of tapa cloth, intended as presents for the visiting Europeans. Royal Museums Greenwich
Otoo (Tinah) and Queen Iddeah, also known as Tynai-Mai. Engraving from Complete History of Captain Cook’s First, Second and Third Voyages (1784). Science & Society Picture Library
John Webber’s oil painting of Otoo (Tinah), 1777. commons.wikimedia.org
William Bligh, engraving by Jean Condé after John Russell, 1792. The portrait was drawn for Bligh’s book detailing the Bounty’s voyage. National Portrait Gallery, London
‘The mutineers turning Lieutenant Bligh and part of the officers and crew adrift from His Majesty’s ship the Bounty’ by Robert Dodd, 1790. The painting is inaccurate in one detail: because the Launch was so weighed down, its lip was only 7 inches above the waterline. State Library of NSW
A page from Bligh’s notebook listing the mutineers and their physical descriptions. Fletcher Christian’s name heads the list. The page is stained with seawater; Bligh was writing while in the Launch on the open sea. National Library of Australia
The coconut shell used by Bligh to eat his ration. It is carved with the words: W Bligh/ April 1789 and inscribed (in ink) ‘The cup I eat my miserable allowance out’. Royal Museums Greenwich, National Maritime Museum
Robert Cleveley’s 1790 watercolour depicting Bligh’s hasty retreat from Tofoa Island. Norton can be seen kneeling on the beach, about to be killed. National Library of Australia, Rex Nan Kivell Collection, NK2646
‘Coupang, in the Island of Timor’ by George Tobin. Mitchell Library, SLNSW, PXA 563
Bligh being received in Coupang, Timor. Charles Benazech, 1791. National Library of Australia
Betsy Bligh, portrait by John Webber. Private collection
John Fryer in later life, a portrait by Gurtano Calleja. Mitchell Library, SLNSW
Portrait of Captain Peter Heywood by John Simpson, in 1822 when Heywood was 50. Royal Museums Greenwich
Peter Heywood in 1793, five years after setting sail on the Bounty. commons.wikimedia.org
Engraving of ‘Interior of Pitcairn Island’, drawn by Frederick Beechey. The picture shows Alec Smith standing in his sailor suit, surrounded by native women and children. The mouth of Fletcher Christian’s cave is visible in the hill behind the settlement. National Library of Australia
Typical construction of jollyboats. Royal Museums Greenwich
Engraving based on a sketch by Richard Beechey (brother of Frederick) of Alec Smith/John Adams at age 58. Royal Museums Greenwich
Sketch of Thursday October Christian wearing his signature hat ornamented with black feathers, c. 1810. Alamy
Fletcher Christian’s house on Pitcairn Island. Alamy
Fletcher Christian’s cave on Pitcairn Island. The cave’s inaccessible position, high up on a steep rocky cliff-face, would have given Christian a sense of security – and a 180-degree view of the ocean to watch for any ships that might appear. Copyright © Andrew Randall Christian, Pitcairn Island Tourism
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Cover images: HMS Bounty, Farewell to England © Anthony Saunders www.militarygallery.com (front cover); George Tobin ‘The Observatory, Point Venus, Otahytey’ and ‘Coupang, in the Island of Timor’, Mitchell Library, SLNSW (back cover)
Author photo: Peter Morris/Sydney Heads
Diagrams of the Bounty on pp. 5, 10, 15 and 33 © John W. McKay
Maps by Jane Macaulay
* Rutter, Owen (ed.), Bligh’s Voyage in the Resource, Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1937, p. 10.