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A polychrome half-length bust figurehead (no arms) depicting Harlequin for the 16-gun wooden Second Class brig Harlequin (1836).
The half-length bust (armless) figurehead of HMS 'Harlequin' , a 16-gun brig-sloop built at Pembroke Dock in 1836, which was converted to a coal hulk in 1860 and sold in 1889 to Marshall of Plymouth for breaking.
It represents the masked and capped figure of a harlequin, in traditional multi-coloured dress and with a blue cloak resting on a scroll head. Harlequin (Arlecchino) is a traditional Italian 'commedia dell'arte' figure, best known in Britain as a character in traditional pantomime of the late 18th and early 19th century.
It represents the masked and capped figure of a harlequin, in traditional multi-coloured dress and with a blue cloak resting on a scroll head. Harlequin (Arlecchino) is a traditional Italian 'commedia dell'arte' figure, best known in Britain as a character in traditional pantomime of the late 18th and early 19th century.
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Object Details
| ID: | FHD0081 |
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| Collection: | Figureheads |
| Type: | Figurehead |
| Display location: | Display - Neptune Court |
| Creator: | Hellyer & Son |
| Vessels: | Harlequin (1836) |
| Date made: | 1836; 1845 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 1524 mm x 584 mm x 610 mm |