A full-length polychrome figurehead of General Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, (1792-1862) from the sailing barque Lord Clyde (1875)

A full-length polychrome figurehead of General Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, (1792-1862) from the sailing barque Lord Clyde (1875). This figurehead was originally thought to be of General Havelock. General Campbell had an active military career, fighting in a series of conflicts in Europe and Asia, including the Crimean War and the Opium Wars. He was commander-in-chief in India during the bloodshed of the 1857–58 uprising. The figurehead, with characteristic unruly hair and prominent moustache, closely relates to the many depictions of Lord Clyde from photographs, statues and commemorative wares. He has a tartan sash across his left shoulder over his white uniform and holds a scroll in his right hand. He wears an unidentified military award (star) around his neck (it does not correspond with the Order of the Bath, which he was awarded).

The figurehead came from the wrecked sailing barque Trifolium, originally built by Alexander Stephen & Sons as the Lord Clyde in 1875. It was wrecked in March 1914 and a photograph of the wreck is in the Gibson collection - see G14045.

Object Details

ID: ZBA7631
Type: Figurehead
Display location: Not on display
Date made: Circa 1875
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Cutty Sark Collection. Long John Silver Collection
Measurements: Overall: 1520 mm x 1140 mm x 450 mm