A Tahitian girl standing underneath a memorial to Paul Gaugin in Papeete, French Polynesia

A Tahitian girl standing underneath a memorial to Paul Gaugin in Papeete, French Polynesia. The girl is wearing a white and yellow patterned dress,and looking at the photographer. A park with a flagpole fliying the French tricolour falg is in the middle ground. Trees and a partial view of a mountain are in the background. This is Slide 13 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Watchkeeping Officer for the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) owned by Commercial Cable Company of London from 26 November 1975 to 24 April 1976. This series consists of 33 surviving slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16727
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Henry P. Bird
Date made: Between 26 January 1976 4 February 1976
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm
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