Skin Deep

The Mutineers turning Lt. Bligh and part of the Officers and Crew adrift from His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, 29th April 1789, by Robert Dodd, 1790
The Mutiny on the Bounty took place on 28 April 1789 off Tofoa in Tonga, and followed the ship's long stay at the idyllic island of Tahiti. During their time in Tahiti, several of the crew were tattooed. At the mutineers' trial, their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, used the tattoos to identify each man. Master's Mate Fletcher Christian had a star on his chest. Boatswain's Mate James Morrison had a garter and the Royal motto Honi soit qui mal y pense. Unusually, able seaman John Millward wore an elaborate tattoo of a shell-and-feather gorget, or decorative collar, around his throat.

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