Silent Pilots Figureheads in Mystic Seaport Museum
Softbound
1984 · Mystic, CT
by Hamilton, Georgia W.
Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1984. Softbound. VG-, ex art library with marks. Color illustrated wraps. 156 pp., profusely illustrated. Wonderful presentation of this unique form of Folk Art. "In this book, Georgia Hamilton has researched, described, and illustrated forty figureheads in the collection; these range from the well known and positively identified, such as the eagle from the cliper Great Republic, to those with traditional but unverified attributions and those with unknown provenances. A list of all the figureheads in the collection is appended. (Inventory #: 103134)