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Description: | Figurehead of HMS 'Gannet' , a wooden screw sloop of 579 tons, built at Pembroke Dock in 1857 and sold in 1876. The figurehead represents a gannet with its wings folded, simply but realistically painted, and standing on a scroll head.
Finish: paint (polychrome). | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Subjects: | animal: bird: gannet | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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