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THE 'BOUNTY CHRONICLES' FINE ART COLLECTION

 

                                     
"Tom Ellison 1792"

This portrait is of a crewman of the Bounty, 17 years old, who was hanged at Portsmouth. As opposed to Peter Heywood he was not born to wealth or position. The Bounty was his first long ocean voyage and while at sea his mother died leaving him without any means or influence.

(23" x 15"