Sea-bird figurehead (HMS Albatross?)

Wing fragment of the full figure of a sea-bird with partly spread wings, crouched as if about to take off, on a small foliate-decorated bow-head; polychrome-painted.

Object Details

ID: FHD0060.1
Type: Fragment of figurehead
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1842
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 120 mm x 710 mm x 200 mm
Parts: Sea-bird figurehead (HMS Albatross?) (Figurehead)
  • Sea-bird figurehead (HMS Albatross?) (Fragment of figurehead) (FHD0060.1)