HMS Chesapeake
“And at the bows an image stood by a cunning artist carved in wood” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Like a guardian angel the figurehead was for centuries the chaperone that guided and protected the ship on her way over the deep oceans to distant lands. Once a dying art, Andy Peters is one such man who [...]
A Lion Figurehead for l’Hermione
A Lion figurehead for l’Hermione In Rochefort on the banks of the Charente an extraordinary project is nearing completion, the reconstruction of Major General La Fayette’s frigate ‘Hermione’ Her original mission – To free the oppressed in the New World. “From the first moment I heard the name of America, I loved it, from the [...]
