PZ4627

'Bora bora, SE side, within the reef, Septr 5th 1849 [Society Islands]' Long Caption: Mounted in album with PAI4605-PAI4626, PAI4628-PAI4670.; No.22. 15. No. 22 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849-1852. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fanshawe's viewpoint appears to be inside the outer-reef island of Motu Pitiaau, of which an inward spur appears on the right, and looking into a bay across the isthmus from the larger Pofai Bay on the west side. One of a group of seven Society Island studies (PAI4616 - PAI4627) made while Fanshawe commanded 'Daphne' in the Pacific, October 1848 - 1852: three are of Bora Bora (PAI4625 - PAI4627). Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PAI4627 Artist: Admiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe Date: 1849 Medium: watercolour Size: 129 mm x 176 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.