Vengeance (1824)
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the bow, headrail, head and proposed figurehead for Vengeance (1824), an 84-gun Second Rate two-decker. The drawing was sent from the Navy Board to Plymouth for the carver to complete.
The figurehead is a bust of a crowned bearded male looking forward wearing a toga over his left shoulder, leaving his right shoulder and chest exposed. The trail-board has thunderbolts carved from the scroll carving below the toga ends of the figurehead. The figurehead may represent Zeus, as the attributes relate to him.
The figurehead is a bust of a crowned bearded male looking forward wearing a toga over his left shoulder, leaving his right shoulder and chest exposed. The trail-board has thunderbolts carved from the scroll carving below the toga ends of the figurehead. The figurehead may represent Zeus, as the attributes relate to him.
Object Details
| ID: | DIC0037 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1824 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 226 mm x 217 mm |