Nannie the Witch
National Maritime Museum (Verlag)
978-1-917985-01-7 (ISBN)
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years. This book traces the history of the ship's protector through drawings,
photos and insights into the endangered craft of figurehead carving, while also
celebrating the draughtsmen and carvers who brought the ship and its figurehead
to life.
One of the most recognisable figureheads in the National
Maritime Museum's world-leading collection is Nannie the witch, who leans with
outstretched arm from the bow of Cutty Sark towards the River Thames.
Nannie, who has provided protection to the ship in at least three different
forms over the course of its history, is at the centre of this book.
Cutty Sark experts Louise Macfarlane and Claire
Denham explore the history of the figurehead, including its original design by
Hercules Linton and construction by carver Frederick Hellyer. Using drawings
and archival photographs, they show how the figure morphed into the version at
the ship's bow today.
With a contribution from master carver Andy Peters,
responsible for the Nannie that was installed in 2021, the book documents the
process of creating a figurehead and considers the art of figurehead carving as
an endangered skill.
Louise Macfarlane is Senior Curator, Maritime Technologies. She joined Royal Museums Greenwich as Curator of Cutty Sark in 2016 and co-authored The Cutty Sark Pocket Manual (Osprey, 2018). Her remit now includes the Museum's unique ship plans and historic photographs collections. Claire Denham is Research Advisor, Cutty Sark. Having overseen the documentation of the fabric of the ship during the Cutty Sark conservation project (2006-12), she is responsible for ensuring historical accuracy in the interpretation of Cutty Sark. Andy Peters works through his company Maritima Woodcarving as a figurehead carver. He carved Cutty Sark's current Nannie. Also an expert in the history of maritime carving and decorative woodwork, he is the author of Ships' Figureheads: Famous Carving Families (Whittles Publishing, 2025).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.10.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Spotlight series |
| Co-Autor | Andy Peters |
| Zusatzinfo | 35 |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 178 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik |
| Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-917985-01-0 / 1917985010 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-917985-01-7 / 9781917985017 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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