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Figurehead depicting a woman in flowing robes
Bound with PAG3651-PAG3679, PAG3681-PAG3721.; Medium includes crayon and watercolour.
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Object Details
ID:
PAG3680
Type:
Drawing
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Elder, Alexander P
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:
288 mm x 352 mm
Parts:
Alexander P Elder. Sketchbook. Seventy Drawings - Figureheads, 1855. Photograph portrait of Elder inside front cover dated Oban 1855 (Sketchbook)
Figurehead of Delta - a lady with a crest and holding a white flower in her left hand (Drawing) (PAG3652)
Title, Dieu et Mon Droit 1855, royal crest and outline on a mounted photograph of a figurehead of Queen Victoria (Drawing) (PAG3653)
Figurehead depicting a Scotsman wearing kilt and sword and carrying a gun on his shoulder (Drawing) (PAG3654)
Figurehead depicting an angel, also with clouds and cherubs (Drawing) (PAG3655)
Figurehead showing only a royal crest, a crown and some decoration (Drawing) (PAG3656)
Figurehead depicting a woman wearing a long dress with her right hand on her heart (Drawing) (PAG3657)
Design for stern decoration depicting a hunting scene, leaves and a cherub (Drawing) (PAG3658)
Designs for stern decoration depicting an old man and flags, and a cherub with some dolphins (Drawing) (PAG3659)
Figurehead depicting a warrior with left arm outstretched (Drawing) (PAG3660)
Design for stern decoration showing cherubs and leaf design (Drawing) (PAG3661)
Figurehead depicting King Neptune holding a trident also showing a mermaid and sea horses (Drawing) (PAG3662)
Design for stern decoration depicting Neptune? and various shapes (Drawing) (PAG3663)
Figurehead depicting a warrior with sword and baton (Drawing) (PAG3664)
Figurehead depicting a scholar? (Drawing) (PAG3665)
Figurehead depicting Queen Victoria holding a sceptre (Drawing) (PAG3666)
Figurehead depicting Nelson with left shoulder to the fore (Drawing) (PAG3667)
Figurehead depicting a lion with a crown (Drawing) (PAG3668)
Design for stern decoration depicting a seated woman wearing a cloak. Also four unfinished sketches of a face (Drawing) (PAG3669)
Figurehead depicting a warrior holding a dagger (Drawing) (PAG3670)
Figurehead depicting a young woman wearing a long dress (Drawing) (PAG3671)
Figurehead depicting a huntsman with sheaf of arrows on his back and a dog at his heels (Drawing) (PAG3672)
Figurehead depicting a cherub with a flying dove, also in the decoration a seated cherub holding a dove (Drawing) (PAG3673)
Figurehead depicting prehistoric man holding a club (Drawing) (PAG3674)
Figurehead depicting King Alfred holding a sceptre (Drawing) (PAG3675)
Figurehead depicting a woman and child (Drawing) (PAG3676)
Figurehead depicting a seated angel playing a harp (Drawing) (PAG3677)
Figurehead depicting a woman in mediaeval dress (Drawing) (PAG3678)
Design for stern decoration, mainly leaves and flowers (Drawing) (PAG3679)
Figurehead depicting a woman in flowing robes (Drawing) (PAG3680)
Figurehead depicting a princess? with a bird on her hand (Drawing) (PAG3681)
Design for stern decoration with royal crest, leaves etc (Drawing) (PAG3682)
Figurehead depicting a winged animal creature with an arrowhead tail (Drawing) (PAG3683)
Figurehead depicting a sailor holding a staff flying the white ensign Trafalgar (Drawing) (PAG3684)
Design for stern decoration mainly of leaves and flags (Drawing) (PAG3685)
Figurehead depicting a woman holding a fish in her left hand (Drawing) (PAG3686)
Figurehead depicting the Old Man of the Sea (Drawing) (PAG3687)
Figurehead depicting young woman holding a wreath (Drawing) (PAG3688)
Figurehead depicting pre-historic man wielding a club (Drawing) (PAG3689)
Figurehead depicting a young woman holding a fish in her right hand (Drawing) (PAG3690)
Figurehead depicting a warrior with helmet, shield and spear (Drawing) (PAG3691)
Design for stern decoration (Drawing) (PAG3692)
Figurehead depicting a British admiral in uniform (Drawing) (PAG3693)
Figurehead depicting an Arabian holding a sword in his left hand (Drawing) (PAG3694)
Figurehead depicting Queen Victoria wearing a crown and holding the orb and sceptre (Drawing) (PAG3695)
Figurehead depicting an Elizabethan gentleman holding a scroll in his right hand (Drawing) (PAG3696)
Design for stern decoration including a crest (Drawing) (PAG3697)
Design for bow decoration based on sea creatures, plants, etc (Drawing) (PAG3698)
Design for stern decoration including a royal coat of arms (Drawing) (PAG3699)
Figurehead depicting a warrior with a spear, also native, animal, pyramids and sphynx. Appears to be a variation on PAG3703 (Drawing) (PAG3700)
Detailed line drawing of a man's skeleton (Drawing) (PAG3701)
Figurehead depicting a woman holding a ball and chain suggesting lightning (Drawing) (PAG3702)
Figurehead depicting a warrior with a spear, also animal, pyramids and sphynx Delta. Appears to be a variation on PAG3700 (Drawing) (PAG3703)
Figurehead depicting a royal lady, possibly Queen Victoria, for the ship Melpomene (Drawing) (PAG3704)
Design for a bow decoration depicting a woman and various leaf motifs (Drawing) (PAG3705)
Figurehead depicting a woman, for the ship Cardenas (Drawing) (PAG3706)
Figurehead depicting a warrior in armour with a dagger in his right hand (Drawing) (PAG3707)
Figurehead depicting a woman with her left hand on her chest, for the ship Cingalese (Drawing) (PAG3708)
Figurehead depicting a woman with her left hand on her chest. Delta (Drawing) (PAG3709)
Figurehead depicting a woman holding a fold of her skirt in her right hand, for the ship Argo (Drawing) (PAG3710)
Figurehead depicting a lion (Drawing) (PAG3711)
Figurehead depicting a woman, for the ship Zapore (Drawing) (PAG3712)
Figurehead depicting a gentleman wearing a frock coat and with a scroll in his left hand, for the ship Joseph Hume (Drawing) (PAG3713)
Figurehead depicting a lady with a crest alongside, for the ship Savoie (Drawing) (PAG3714)
Figurehead depicting a Red Indian wearing feather headdress and cape and holding a knife (Drawing) (PAG3715)
Figurehead depicting a Turkish man, for the ship Zoroaster (Drawing) (PAG3716)
Figurehead depicting a Scotsman wearing a kilt and with a gun in his right hand, for the ship Abergeldie (Drawing) (PAG3717)
Design for a crest, possibly connected with shipwrights (Drawing) (PAG3718)
Figurehead 'Ornements de la Proue d'un Vaisseau de 50 Canons. An VIII (Print) (PAG3719)
Figurehead depicting a woman and cupid with a bow. 'Ornements de la Proue d'une Fregate portant du 18. An VII (Print) (PAG3720)
Figureheads depicting a dog and eagle, and a cherub astride a lion with the head of a woman. 'Ornements de la Proue de Corvettes'. An VII (Print) (PAG3721)
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