Name/Title
Figurehead of the GREAT REPUBLICEntry/Object ID
2008.1015.005Description
Figurehead of the GREAT REPUBLIC
Ship was bought after it burned at dock in NY and rebult. Figurehead owned by N B Palmer. Came to [Stonington] when ship was re-built. Remained in Loper boathouse until loaned and finally sold to Mystic Seaport
Per additional note from donor: "As children, Alexander, Priscilla, Richard and Elizabeth Loper often hung their bathing suits to dry on the figurehead which was stored in Pine Point's bathouse."Collection
Harriet Babcock Brown CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1880 - 1930Notes
Date: 1900s