Sir Walter Raleigh Figurehead Miniature Bowsprit
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Mystic Seaport Museum 2016.003
USS NORTH CAROLINA (Figure with goatee; L.2016.4.34)
A bust of Sir Walter Raleigh graced the bow of the 74-gun, Philadelphia-built USS North Carolina, built in 1820. McCaffery based his work on portraits of Raleigh and written descriptions of the figurehead.