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Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Belcher, 1852-1854
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Enslavement and Resistance
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Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
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Bessie Whineray (Figurehead)
HMS Hogue (Figurehead)
HMS Bristol (Figurehead)
A bust figurehead of Old Father Thames from the 46-gun fifth Rate frigate HMS Thames (1823) (Figurehead)
A bust figurehead of the Greek Fury Alecto from the captured French 74-gun Third Rate HMS Implacable (captured 1805) (Figurehead)
The bust-length figurehead of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson from HMS Horatio (1807) (Figurehead)
A half-length bust of Queen Leda of Sparta from HMS Leda (1828). (Figurehead)
A half-length gilt figurehead of Sunbeam [Constance Alberta Brassey] from the team yacht Sunbeam. (Figurehead)
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A full-length figurehead representing the comic actor Joseph Grimaldi possibly from the screw gunboat HMS Clown (1856) (Figurehead)
A polychrome bust-length figurehead of a male sailor in 'square rig' from the 12-gun sailing brig HMS Daring (1844) (Figurehead)
HMS Anson (?) (Figurehead)
A three-quarter length monochrome painted bust figurehead of the Roman general Gaius Marcius Coriolanus from the three-masted merchant ship Coriolanus (1876). (Figurehead)
The attendant bearer for the figurehead from the 46-gun Fifrth Rate frigate HMS Seringapatam (1819) (Figurehead)
The bust figurehead of George III from the Royal Yacht 'Royal George' (1817) (Figurehead)
A half-length figurehead of Ajax the Great from the 74-gun Third Rate two-decker HMS Ajax (1809) (Figurehead)
HMS Polyphemus (Figurehead)
A polychrome full-length figurehead of the mythical Greek messenger Nike (goddess of Victory) from the front of Nelson's funeral car. (Figurehead)
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'Chieftain' (Figurehead)
Female figurehead (Spanish) (Figurehead fragment)
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River Lune (Figurehead)
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