Thursday October Christian II

A sepia, head and shoulders portrait of Thursday October Christian. He is shown beared and wearing a jacket Original caption (handwritten in ink beneath): 'THURSDAY OCTOBER CHRISTIAN / OLDEST MAN ON THE ISLAND AT 59 / 1878'.

Thursday October Christian II was a political leader from Pictairn. He was the grandson of Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian and the son of Thursday October Christian and Teraura.

Object Details

ID: ALB0024.67
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: Pacific Station in HMS Shah (1873) and HMS Triumph (1870) - April 1878 to January 1879 (Photograph Album)
  • Thursday October Christian II (Photographic print) (ALB0024.67)