Figurehead depicting a royal lady, possibly Queen Victoria, for the ship Melpomene

Bound with PAG3651-PAG3703, PAG3705-PAG3721.

ID:	PAG3704
Type:	Drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Elder, Alexander P
Vessels:	Melpomene 1857? [HMS?]
Date made:	1857
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Sheet: 250 x 302 mm
Parts:	Alexander P Elder. Sketchbook. Seventy Drawings - Figureheads, 1855. 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Figurehead depicting a royal lady, possibly Queen Victoria, for the ship Melpomene

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