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Figureheads

Type

Bow model

ceremonial artifact: figurehead, funeral(full length)

Design, Sectional model

documentary artifact: model, figure

documentary artifact: model, figurehead

documentary artifact: ship plan: carving, figurehead

documentary artifact: ship plan: figurehead

documentary artifact: ship plan: figurehead(port view)

documentary artifact: ship plan: figurehead(starboard view)

documentary artifact: ship plan: stern

Drawing

Figurehead

figurehead

Figurehead (part)

Figurehead from funeral car

Figurehead model

Figurehead of Nelson's funeral car

Fragment of figurehead

land transport, animal powered: car, funeral

Left foot for the figurehead

model

Model figure

Model figurehead

Painting

Right foot for the figurehead

Right hand for the figurehead

Sectional model

Sectional model; Bow model

Sectional model; Bow model; Waterline model

Technical drawing

Waterline model

water transport: cargo vessel: brig, collier

water transport: cargo vessel: merchantman (French) ?

water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate

water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 6th rate (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 28 gun ship (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 38 gun ship

water transport: fighting vessel: 78 gun ship (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship

water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 120 gun ship (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: frigate

water transport: fighting vessel: paddle vessel, iron (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: three-decker (Spanish)

water transport: sailing vessel

water transport: sailing vessel: ship

water transport accessory: figurehead

water transport accessory: figurehead(bust)

water transport accessory: figurehead(fragment)

water transport accessory: figurehead(full length)

water transport accessory: figurehead(half)

water transport accessory: figurehead(half length)

water transport accessory: figurehead(head)

water transport accessory: figurehead (mermaid)

water transport accessory: figurehead(model)

water transport accessory: figurehead(three quarter length)

water transport accessory: model, figurehead

water transport component: bow: figurehead

water transport component: bow: figurehead (cockerel)

water transport component: bow: figurehead (George and the Dragon)

water transport component: bow: figurehead (Neptune)

water transport component: model, design: sectional model(bow)

water transport component: model, design: sectional model(bow: cutaway: decked)

water transport component: model, exhibition: sectional model(bow)

water transport component: model, exhibition: sectional model(bow: cutaway: decked: equipped)

Materials

(possibly: lead paint)

black ink

boxwood (?)

coating: varnish

copper

iron

lead

lead paint

mahogany

metal

metal: brass

metal: lead

oil on canvas

organic: paper

organic: wood: pine

paint

painted pine

paper

pencil

pewter

pine

red ink

wood

wood (pine)

wood: chestnut

wood: elm

wood: elm ?

wood: oak

wood:oak

wood: pine

wood: pine ?

wood: wych elm

Display Location

Display - All Hands Gallery

Display - Maritime London Gallery

Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery

Display - Neptune Court

Display - Polar Worlds Gallery

Display - QH

Display - Traders Gallery

Not on display

Creator

Dickerson, Frederick

Grayfoot & Overton

Hellyer & Son

Hook, James Clark

Hughes, George

Perry, John

Savage, William

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)

Unknown

Williams, Nehemiah

Places

Blackwall Yard

Bombay

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Plymouth Dockyard

Portsmouth Dockyard

Rotherhithe

Spain

Unknown

Events

Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Belcher, 1852-1854

Nine Years' War: Battle of La Hougue, 1692

Torrey Canyon oil spill, 1967

Vessels

Ajax (1809)

Alarm (1845)

Albatross (1842)

Alessandro il Grande (Austrian brig)

Anson (1781)

Atalanta (1847)

Belle Poule (captured 1806)

Bernado 1876 (Italian)

Bessie Whineray (1865)

Blanca Aurora

Blenheim (1813)

Bloodhound (1845)

Bosphorous (1840)

Bristol (1861)

Britannia (1866)

Bulldog (1845)

Canopus (captured 1798)

Chesapeake (1799)

Clown (1856)

Coriolanus (1876)

Daphne (1838)

Daring (1844)

Durban 1870

Eagle (French) ?

Falkland 1889

Favourite 1829 (HMS)

Forester 1832 (HMS)

Franklin 1796 (French, captured)

Frederick William (1860)

Friar Tuck 1856

Gannet (1857)

Gleaner (1833)

Harlequin (1836)

Hastings (1819)

Himalaya (1853)

Horatio (1807)

Implacable 1805 (HMS)

Indipendenza 1875 (Italian)

Jane Owen 1860

Jason (1747)

Leda (1828)

Mary Hay 1837

Megaera (1849)

Palinurus 1833

Penelope (1829)

Primos 1869 (Spanish)

Queen Charlotte (1790)

Resolute (purchased 1850)

River Lune 1868

Rosa Tacchini (date unknown)

Rosherville

Royal Charlotte 1824 (HMY)

Royal George (1756)

Royal George 1817 (HMY)

Royal George 1827 (HMS)

Russell 1822 (HMS)

Semiramis 1808 (HMS)

Serica (1888)

Seringapatam (1819)

Sunbeam (1874)

Thames (1823)

Topaze (1790)

Tribune (1853)

Vanguard (1835)

Victory (1765)

Vigilant (1745)

Volunteer (1861)

Exhibition

Enslavement and Resistance

Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton

The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire

Traders: The East India Company and Asia

People

Backler, Henry

Brassey, Constance Alberta

Cardiff Royal Infirmary

Churchill, John

Committee of Master Shipwrights

Coriolanus, Gaius Marcius, fl.488BC

Drayson, Alfred

Dunlop, James C.

Kellock, C W, and Co

King Frederick William III of Prussia

King George III

King George IV

Nelson, Horatio

Pownoll, J

Queen Charlotte, Consort of George III

Rivers, William

Robert Napier & Sons

Rosher, Jeremiah Burch

Russell, Edward

South Kensington Museum

Symonds, William

Tsar Alexander I of Russia

Century

18th

19th

20th

unknown

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HMS Atalanta (part) (figurehead)

'Chieftain' (Figurehead)

HMS Semiramis (Right hand for the figurehead)

Female figurehead in 'shepherdess' style (Figurehead)

Model figure

NMM Site - Images of Visitors and Figureheads at museum entrance, FHD0105 (Spanish Female) and FHD0106 (Sunbeam). Permissions held for girl in some of these images.

Female figurehead (Spanish) (Figurehead)

Figurehead (part)

HMS Canopus (Figurehead)

Hand from a female figurehead (Figurehead)

Figurehead

River Lune (Figurehead)

Primos (Figurehead)

Indipendenza (Figurehead)

FHD0082; HMS Himalaya, 1853, wood: pine, 2540 mm x 1245 mm x 1270 mm

A three-quarter-length polychrome male figurehead representing a Saracen warrior from the iron screw troopship HMS Himalaya (1854). (Figurehead)

Technical drawing

A large bust-length polychrome figurehead of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) from the 74-gun Third Rate two-decker HMS Blenheim (1813). (Figurehead)

FHD0062; HMS Atalanta, 1847, wood: pine, 727 mm x 635 mm x 1499 mm

A three-quarter length figurehead of the huntress Atalanta from HMS Atalanta (1847) (Figurehead)

A three-quarter length gilded figurehead of Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), wife of King George III, from the Royal Yacht HMY Royal Charlotte (1824). (Figurehead)

Female figurehead (Figurehead)

Figurehead from HMS Bulldog 18545 - on white background

A full-length polychrome figurehead of a bulldog from the wooden paddle sloop HMS Bulldog (1845). (Figurehead)

Male figurehead (Figurehead)

Female figurehead (Figurehead)

HMS Favourite (Figurehead)

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