Perseus (1861)
Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the starboard quarter gallery, and bow, trail-board, headrail, head and figurehead for Perseus (1861), a 17-gun Second Class sloop (later re-classed a corvette).
The figurehead is a three-quarter length bust of a Greek warrior facing forwards, representing Perseus. He is wearing scale armour down to the pleated drape at his waist. His helmet includes a fixed forward curve where the plume would be and a visor. The plan includes the scale measurements to assist the carver with scaling. The quarter galleries have not had any embellishment ‘drops’ added.
Signed by Henry Cradock [Master Shipwright, Pembroke Dockyard, 1859-1864]. The plan includes Admiralty Letter Book number S2629.
The figurehead is a three-quarter length bust of a Greek warrior facing forwards, representing Perseus. He is wearing scale armour down to the pleated drape at his waist. His helmet includes a fixed forward curve where the plume would be and a visor. The plan includes the scale measurements to assist the carver with scaling. The quarter galleries have not had any embellishment ‘drops’ added.
Signed by Henry Cradock [Master Shipwright, Pembroke Dockyard, 1859-1864]. The plan includes Admiralty Letter Book number S2629.
Object Details
| ID: | DIC0111 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Dickerson, Frederick |
| Date made: | 18 April 1860 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 256 mm x 473 mm |
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