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Fascinating paintings by British officer who documented his travels around the world, including a trip to visit Bounty mutineer John Adams' granddaughter, are discovered - Daily Mail
A fascinating album of sketches made by British naval officer while exploring the world in the mid-19th century have been unearthed.
Rear Admiral Marcus Lowther served on board HMS Portland which travelled to China, Hong Kong and the Pacific Islands between 1842 and 1853.
He stopped off at the Pitcairn Islands - where some of the mutineers of the Bounty sought refuge 60 years earlier - and sketched the natives.
One of those is believed to be the granddaughter of mutineer John Adams, whose house Lowther visited, staying with Adam's son.
A fascinating album of sketches made by British naval officer while exploring the world in the mid-19th century have been unearthed.
Rear Admiral Marcus Lowther served on board HMS Portland which travelled to China, Hong Kong and the Pacific Islands between 1842 and 1853.
He stopped off at the Pitcairn Islands - where some of the mutineers of the Bounty sought refuge 60 years earlier - and sketched the natives.
One of those is believed to be the granddaughter of mutineer John Adams, whose house Lowther visited, staying with Adam's son.