Ship's figurehead, made in the UK, c.1876

This figurehead is from the sailing ship the Earl of Beaconsfield. In 1887 the ship left Calcutta in India. It was hoping to sail to Hull with its cargo of linseed and wheat. It was a journey it never made. The ship was deliberately ran around by an angry member of the crew at Aldbrough, England. This carved figurehead was salvaged from the ship. It shows Benjamin Disraeli as the Earl of Beaconsfield. Disraeli was also Prime Minister at the time. This carved wooden figurehead of Benjamin Disraeli shows him in his robes as the Earl of Beaconsfield. Disraeli became a Conservative Prime Minster of Britain in 1868 and again in 1874.