Wizard (1830)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the bow, head, headrails, trail-board and figurehead for Wizard (1830), a 10-gun brig. The plan for the figurehead relates to the ship’s refit and recommissioning at Plymouth Dockyard in August 1850.

A half-length bust of a bearded male representing a wizard. He is wearing a loose-fitting gown, over which is a broad sash with symbolic lettering in capitals.

Signed by W. Edye [Master Shipwright, Devonport, 1843-1859]. The plan includes an Admiralty Letter Book number S6625.

Object Details

ID: DIC0082
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 21 May 1850
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 298 mm x 247 mm