Charles Darwin's Beagle Arrives at Tahiti — November 15th, 1835
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Charles Darwin's Beagle Arrives at Tahiti captures the arrival of this small exploration brig at the island of Tahiti on the morning of November 15th, 1835.
The passage from the coast of South America to Tahiti represented the longest leg of the Beagle's voyage: some 3,200 miles of open ocean. In this painting, a Tahiti petrel - one of the endemic seabirds Darwin would have observed - flies low over the water. The hazy mountains of the island begin to reveal themselves in the soft light, their dense tropical vegetation still shrouded in morning cloud.
They would spend several weeks in Tahiti and the neighbouring Society Islands, collecting specimens, making observations of geology and natural history, and engaging with the indigenous peoples.
This painting was exhibited with the Royal Society of Marine Artists, and is signed GS in the lower left, dated 2024 on the lower right.
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