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Description: | Figurehead of HMS 'Favourite', comprising a female figure in a high-waisted dress and necklace, with a rose in her hair.The ship was an 18-gun sloop bult at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1829. She became a coal hulk in 1859 and was sold at Devonport in 1905. She was listed as 'Favorite', 1836-56, and as a coal hulk was also known as 'C.3' and 'C.77'.
Finish: oil paint (polychrome).
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Favourite 1829 (HMS) figureheads | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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