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Description: | A bearded polychrome half-length male figure of a highlander in military uniform, with blue plaid over the left shoulder and a bonnet with a chequered band. Before NMM acquired the 'Valhalla' collection this rather fine item was thought to have come from a vessel named ?Chieftain?, wrecked on Hard Lewis in 1856. No records exist of such a wreck and at present, it is impossible to provide a firm identification.
Finish: oil paint (polychrome) and aluminium/silver leaf. 'Valhalla' 1984 booklet no. 50 (col. photo). In the booklet by John Howard, 'Bound for Van Diemen?s Land, The Third Convict Voyage of Her Majesty?s Transport Gilmore 1843-44,' (North Yorkshire County Record Office), 1996, it is stated that when the ship was refurbished (by 1838) ?The vessel's figurehead of a full length woman remained unaltered.? So the figurehead does not come from this ship, wrecked on Hard Lewis on 12 April 1866. [Information Elmar Toime 2011]. Double checked this ship which is the only one listed in Lloyds Register, then in the Mercantile Navy List. She was built in 1824 [BT]. Several vessels named 'Chieftain' are mentioned in the press during 1856, but none of them are said to have been wrecked. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | figureheads | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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