Figurehead of a Man
date: label: date made
content: 1800 - 1825
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Nelson, Horatio Lord
notes: label: Description
content: This figurehead is made of painted wood. It is a figure of a man in a red, white, gold, and blue naval unform and black hair. According to the accession file, this figure is possibly a caricature of Lord Nelson. This figurehead came from the "Resolute," a 72-gun frigate built by Richard Green and Company of Blackwall. Eventually wrecked off Dungeness.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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content: Culture and the Arts: Folk Art
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Joel Barlow
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.68.425
label: accession number
content: 260206
label: catalog number
content: 68.425
label: collector/donor number
content: B-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: figure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 in x 18 1/2 in; 157.48 cm x 46.99 cm