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. Marble base (hollow construction) for the bust of Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757)
1743-4
National Maritime Museum

. The other part (pedestal) of SCU0057.
1743-4
National Maritime Museum

. The other part of SCU0057.3, which is the pedestal for the bust of Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757)
1743-4
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757). Head-and-shoulders marble bust on a round socle, with its original inscribed pedestal and plinth in two parts The sitter is shown facing half to his right, with a cloak over the right shoulder and under the left arm. T
?1744
National Maritime Museum

Admiral William Waldegrave (1753-1825) 1st Baron Radstock. Head-and-shoulders classical-style plaster bust of Admiral William Waldegrave on a low octagonal flat base surmounted by grommet of rope on the front side only. The sitter faces forward, his hair
1818
National Maritime Museum

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Viscount St Albans. Head-and-shoulders terracotta bust of Francis Bacon, the head turned to sitter's right, in contemporary 17th-century dress including hat, and signed on reverse 'Michl. Rysbrack 1755'. This is
1755
National Maritime Museum

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). Head-and-shoulders terracotta bust of Oliver Cromwell, bare-headed, in armour decorated with a Medusa head on the cuirass. This is one of eight busts of British worthies made by Rysbrack for Sir Edward Littleton's new hou
possibly 1732, or by 1755-7
National Maritime Museum

Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618). Terracotta head-and-shoulders bust, in contemporary late-16th or early 17th century dress including hat, signed on the reverse 'Michl. Rysbrack 1757'. This is one of eight busts of British worthies - three now
1757
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Sir Edward Pellew (1757-1833), 1st Viscount Exmouth. Over life-size marble statue, bare-headed, facing the front, torso turning to sitter's left, with the head turned strongly to his right and the right leg stepping out in line with it. The r
1846
National Maritime Museum

Admiral James de Saumarez (1757-1836), 1st Baron de Saumarez. Over life-size marble statue showing the sitter bare-headed and facing forward but with his body turned slightly to his left, his left foot forward and raised on a loose coil of rope, the knee
1853
National Maritime Museum

Fragment of rope from the statue of Admiral James de Saumarez (1757-1836), 1st Baron de Saumarez. Fragment of rope from the statue of Admiral James de Saumarez (1757-1836), 1st Baron de Saumarez.
1853
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Admiral George Granville Waldegrave (1786-1857), 2nd Baron Radstock. Fragments from the bust.
1834
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Admiral George Granville Waldegrave (1786-1857), 2nd Baron Radstock. Head-and-shoulders classical-style, hollow-backed plaster bust of Vice-Admiral George Waldegrave. The sitter's head has short hair and side-whiskers and is turned slightly to
1834
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Adm Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Copy of life mask of Nelson, eyes open, hair parted in centre (the hair added by modelling.). Accompanied by the matrix in two sections. The mask, one of three similar examples in existence, was for many years believ
1800
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Adm Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). One of two fragments. Left side of face. Life mask of Nelson, eyes open, hair parted in centre (the hair added by modelling.). Accompanied by the matrix in two sections. The mask, one of three similar examples in exi
1800
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Adm Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). One of two fragments. Right side of face. Life mask of Nelson, eyes open, hair parted in centre (the hair added by modelling.). Accompanied by the matrix in two sections. The mask, one of three similar examples in ex
1800
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Head-and-shoulders marble bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson on a round socle. Nelson is shown facing forward, his head turned slightly to his left. He is in rear-admiral's full-dress uniform, with the empty
1801
National Maritime Museum

. Bottom of scagliola plinth for the bust of H. Nelson.
1804
National Maritime Museum

. Fragments from bust.
1804
National Maritime Museum

. Scagliola plinth for the bust of H. Nelson, having a bronze plaque with inscription.
1804
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Adm Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Head-and-shoulders classical-pattern bust, on a shaped square plinth with scrolled side decoration. Nelson faces forward with his head slightly turned to his right. His face is shown as thin, his hair short and brush
1806
National Maritime Museum

William Pitt (1759-1806). Head-and-shoulders classical-style marble bust, on a round socle. The sitter's head, his hair brushed back, is turned a little to his left, looking slightly upward. A robe is draped loosely round the neck, folding over itsel
1806 or later
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Head-and-shoulders classical-style white marble bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson with a small square base, scrolled on either side, on a round black-marble socle. Nelson is shown with medium-short hair parted
1810
National Maritime Museum

Horatia Nelson (1801-1881). (Updated, January 2011) Head-and-part-shoulders marble bust on a round socle, the sitter's head turned half to her left, with short curly hair in natural disorder and bare shoulders. The right shoulder has a grey vein in t
1811
National Maritime Museum

Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). Head-and-part-shoulders marble bust, on a round socle, of Sir Joseph Banks. The shoulders are hollowed on the reverse to a central support, the lower right side of which bears the signature, 'P. Turnerelli / Fecit 1814&#
1814
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm (1768-1838). Head-and-shoulders plaster bust on a round socle, the sitter being dressed in flag-officer's uniform, with epaulettes. The captain's naval gold medal for San Domingo (1806) hangs from under the left lape
1817 or 1827
National Maritime Museum

. Base for the bust of King George IV .
1827
National Maritime Museum

. Socle for the bust of King George IV [ I.e. the square base, not the actual round socle in the technical sense, which is part of or fixed to the bust. PvdM 9/06]
1827
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). (Updated February 2015) Head-and-part-shoulders over-life-size bronze bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, facing forward, in rear-admiral's full-dress uniform (one shoulder star). There are two broad ribbon
1834
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757). Head-and-shoulders/ upper torso marble bust on a carved square base. The sitter is shown facing half to his right, wearing a cloak draped over the right shoulder an under the left arm. Beneath he wears a surcoat over a c
1838
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Head-and-part-shoulders plaster bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (hollow back), with a small square base, on a round socle. Nelson's head is shown turned half to his right, with bare shoulders, disorderly
1839
National Maritime Museum

William IV (1765-1837). Head-and-shoulders classical-style marble bust of William IV on a round socle. The sitter's head is turned half to his left and has receding natural wavy hair over a high forehead. A loose robe is wrapped round his shoulders,
1841
National Maritime Museum

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher (1841-1920), 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone. Plaster maquette of Epstein's bronze bust of Fisher commissioned by the Duchess of Hamilton in 1915. It shows him, head and torso with a flat base at lower-r
1916
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840). Over life-size marble statue, the sitter bare-headed, facing forwards but looking and imperiously pointing slightly down to his right with extended right arm. His left arm stretches back behind to support him
1845
National Maritime Museum

Joseph Allen (1810-64). Head-and-shoulders classical-style plaster bust of Joseph Allen on a round socle, signed 'T. Milnes Sc 1848' and showing much of the sitter's right chest under the toga draped loosely round his shoulders and under th
1848
National Maritime Museum

Sir Charles John Napier. The naval officer and politician Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860) is one of the remarkable figures of the late Georgian and early Victorian Navy, with qualities of energy and initiative that put him in the same bracket as Nelson and
1854
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Sir Charles Adam (1780-1853). Head-and-shoulders, classical-style marble bust of Admiral Sir Charles Adam on a round socle, the sitter dressed in a loose tunic close round the neck, his head turned half to his right. Adam was Governor of Greenwi
circa 1855
National Maritime Museum

Richard Sheepshanks (1794-1855). Marble bust of Richard Sheepshanks (1794-1855), signed and dated 'J. H. FOLEY. R.A. Sculpt. LONDON 1856'. It is possibly the 'posthumous bust in marble' exhibited by Foley at the Royal Academy in 1857.
1856
National Maritime Museum

. Square marble pedestal base for the bust of Lt William Rivers
1857
National Maritime Museum

. Square white inscribed marble pedestal for the bust of Lt William Rivers
1857
National Maritime Museum

Lieutenant William Rivers (1788-1856). Head-and-shoulders classical-style marble bust on a round socle, signed on the reverse 'T.MILNES / 1857'. The associated pedestal bears the inscription: ' WILLIAM RIVERS / LIEUTENTANT R.N. / AN / AIDE
1857
National Maritime Museum

Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-92). Head-and-shoulders, classical-style small-scale plaster bust of Airy on a round socle, the sitter shown in middle life, head turned a quarter to his left, hair combed and parted to the right and with a robe draped loosel
1857
National Maritime Museum

Captain Sir William Peel (1824-58). Parts from broken sword. Broken into four main parts and several smaller bits.
1860
National Maritime Museum

Captain Sir William Peel (1824-58). Sicilian marble statue, a little over life size, showing the sitter bare-headed looking slightly upward to his right, left leg forward and right arm across the front, gripping and about to draw his sword. Behind, a mort
1860
National Maritime Museum

Commodore Henry Caldwell (1815-68). Marble bust of Commander Henry Caldwell on an integral square base inscribed on the front ' Commodore Caldwell CB ADC / MDCCCLXVIII [1868]'. The sitter is shown head and full shoulders in full-dress commodore&
1868
National Maritime Museum

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Francis Seymour (1787-1870). Head-and-torso marble bust on a round socle. The sitter is shown facing forward, in old age, with short hair, balding and with long side-whiskers. He wears civilian dress of an overcoat with an
1870
National Maritime Museum

Edward Troughton (1753-1835). A pink-painted plaster cast of the subject's face, said to be a death mask but possibly a life mask. It is mounted on a right-angled velvet-covered wooden bracket with a gold edge-fillet, of the same type as a plaster he
1873
National Maritime Museum

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, Empress of India (1819-1901). Head-and-shoulders marble bust of Queen Victoria, on a round socle, looking half to her right. She wears a richly patterned wide-necked gown with the ribbon on the Order of the Garter diago
1874
National Maritime Museum

Edward Brailsford Bright, 1831-91. Head-and-torso marble bust, sitting on its own flat base. The sitter faces forward, his head slightly turned to his right. His hair is worn just over his ears, strongly parted on his right and he has a large walrus moust
1875
National Maritime Museum

Commander Wyatt Rawson (1853-82). Head-and-torso terracotta bust on a square base, facing forward, the short hair parted in the centre; in uniform mess or ball dress, with epaulettes, shirt, tie and waistcoat originally with four buttons, of which the sec
1882
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Robert Blake, General at Sea (1599-1657). Bronze maquette or reduction of the statue of Robert Blake (1599-1657) erected at Bridgwater, Somerset, to mark the 300th anniversary of his birth. It is a full-length standing figure in the dress of a P
1900
National Maritime Museum

Lt-Col. Llewellyn Wood Longstaff (1841-1918). Bronze bas-relief plaque in a carved wooden frame. The sitter, a balding bearded figure in a suit jacket, collar and tie, is shown head and upper torso, in left profile. In the top right corner is a heraldic c
1904
National Maritime Museum

Captain John Paul Jones (1747-92). (Updated March 2015) Head-and-shoulders solid plaster bust on a round socle, the sitter's head turned slightly to his left. He is dressed in uniform, with epaulettes, and with the Swedish Order of the Sword on his l
1908
National Maritime Museum

Memorial Plaque commemorating the Engineer Officers of the Titanic.. Memorial Plaque commemorating the Engineer Officers of the 'Titanic'. On top of the memorial a relief of Neptune's head flanked by polar bears. Within a broken pediment a
1916
National Maritime Museum

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (1859-1925). Head-and-shoulders bronze bust, with an irregular lower edge, facing forwards on a square plinth. The sitter is shown in admiral's full-dress uniform with medals and ADC's b
1925
National Maritime Museum

Sir Philip Watts (1846-1926). (Updated, May 2014) Head-and-torso plaster bust, painted black/bronze, standing on its own flat base on a plywood baseboard, the sides ending at the points of the shoulders in rough-modelled vertical faces: the back is simila
1927
National Maritime Museum

George VI (1895-1952). Head-and-part-shoulders bronze bust of George IV, the sitter's head a quarter turned to his left, with the hair parted on the left, and he wears a V-neck pullover over an open-necked shirt. The figure sits on an integral rectan
1935
National Maritime Museum

Sir James Caird (1864-1954). Head-and-shoulders hollow-cast bronze bust of Sir James Caird, shipowner and founding benefactor of the National Maritime Museum, on a square bronze base to which the bust is attached at the front edge only by an angled base-p
1935
National Maritime Museum

Sir James Caird (1864-1954). A solid marble head-and-part-shoulders bust, the bottom left rough and the shoulders cut off as flat vertical planes; signed on the back of the left shoulder 'Reid Dick 37'. Its purpose-built plinth is inscribed
1937
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Sir William Milbourne James (1881-1973). This head and asymmetrical part-shoulders bronze bust of Admiral Sir William Milbourne James was one of two official War Artists Advisory Committee commissions to the sculptor Frank Dobson (1886-1963). It w
1941
National Maritime Museum

Captain George Elvey Creasy (1895-1972). Bust of head and neck of Captain George Elvey Creasy, on a cube of green marble as base. The sitter's ruggedly handsome appearance and neatly combed hair are complemented by the tattoo represented in incised l
1941
National Maritime Museum

Captain Richard Been Stannard VC (1902-77). Head-and-part-shoulders bronze bust, mounted on a slightly tapered cube of veined green marble. The sitter faces forward, with neatly combed short hair, in informal sea-going rig of a duffel-coat over a seaman&#
1941
National Maritime Museum

Marine. Head-and-shoulders carved oak bust of an anonymous young Royal Marine private of Word War II, with its original wooden stand or pedestal, which is inscribed '1939-1945' with the Royal Marines crest. The figure looks forward, with neatl
1944
National Maritime Museum

Sailor. Head-and-shoulders carved oak bust of an anonymous young Royal Naval rating of World War II, with its associated wooden stand or pedestal, which is inscribed '1939-1945' together with the Naval fouled anchor. The figure faces forward w
1944
National Maritime Museum

Sailor. Square oak pedestal for the bust SCU0068, carved with a fouled anchor and inscribed '1939-1945'.
1944
National Maritime Museum

[Marine]. Square wooden pedestal for the bust SCU0067 carved with the Royal Marines crest and inscribed ' 1939-1945' .
1944
National Maritime Museum

Admiral of the Fleet Count Heihachiro Togo (1847-1934). Statuette of painted metal, depicting the sitter in Japanese naval uniform, including cap. He holds his binoculars in his right hand and the hilt of his sword in his left. The base is inscribed
circa 1967
National Maritime Museum

John Flamsteed (1646-1719). Head-and-part-shoulders Tisbury stone bust of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal at Greenwich from 1675 to 1719. Flamsteed is shown facing forward, wearing a full wig behind the shoulders, and clerical bands. It is si
1975
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Head-and-shoulders plaster bust on a round socle of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson. Nelson is shown facing forward, his head turned slightly to his left. He is in rear-admiral's full-dress uniform, with the emp
1978
National Maritime Museum

Dr Basil Jack Greenhill (1920-2003). A wooden base with an inscribed brass plaque: 'Dr Basil Greenhill CB., CMG., FSA., FR Hist S., Director of the National Maritime Museum, 1967-83. / Bust by Cathryn McLean. Exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1983'
1983
National Maritime Museum

Dr Basil Jack Greenhill (1920-2003). Three-quarter-life-size head-and-torso bronze bust of Dr Basil Greenhill, facing forward, hands folded in front, wearing a roll-necked fisherman's sweater and glasses. It is signed 'McLean 1983' in fro
1983
National Maritime Museum

Captain James Cook (1728-79). Bronze bust of Captain James Cook, head and full shoulders in uniform, facing forward, with a wig or powdered hair, tied back. Fitted on a round socle on a square base. This was presented to the Museum on April 1994 by Sir
1994
National Maritime Museum

Captain James Cook (1728-79). Statue of Captain James Cook, slightly over probable life size, facing forward, legs astride. Cook is shown in captain's uniform, wearing his hat, his left glove gripped in his gloved right hand, his left hand akimbo o
1994
National Maritime Museum

Absentee. Suspended sculpture consisting of glass "panes" wired with stainless steel cable in form of ship's hull
1999
National Maritime Museum

Faedm. Foam sphere with blue polyurethane coating: partially imploded, figures inscribed in black marker pen
1999
National Maritime Museum

Alice Hunter. Alice Hunter
2003
National Maritime Museum

Wreath in Memoriam. Black memorial wreath covered in textile with a seagull's skull in it and a cap ribbon for H.M.S. Raleigh.
2004
National Maritime Museum

Alice and Rozanne. Collage entitled 'Alice and Rozanne' consisting of a wooden box with photos and postcards inside.
2006
National Maritime Museum

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