Prichard Sue

About The Author

Sue Prichard is senior curator of arts at Royal Museums Greenwich in London. She is the author of The Fifties and Quilts 1700-2010: Hidden Histories, Untold Stories. Jeremy Michell is curator of historic photographs and ships plans at the National Maritime Museum in London. He is the coeditor of South: The Race to the Pole.

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Figureheads

On the bow of the ship

By Prichard Sue

Figureheads developed from an ancient tradition of decorating vessels with painted eyes, carved figures and animal heads. Vikings in Northern Europe adorned the bows of their ships with dragon heads, which were thought to help ships see their way through the sea. But what other purposes did sailo...

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