Figureheads and other ornamental ship carvings.

• Pictorial Supplement, The Art of the Shipcarver at the Peabody Museum of Salem.
  The American Neptune, Vol. 37, Salem, 1977. 32 pl.
• anon.: 'Valhalla'. The Tresco Ships' Figurehead Collection.
  National Maritime Museum, London, 1984. A5L, (2), 34 pp, ill. = Outstations Series No. 1.
• Anderson, R.C.: The Second "Slingerlyst".
  The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 12, London, 1924. pp 218.
• Bailey, S F: Cutty Sark figureheads. The Long John Silver Collection.
  Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1992. 4to, 48 pp, ill.
• Belisle, Jean: François Baillairge, un sculpteur de figures de proue.
  Neptunia Vol. 39, Paris, 1984. pp 154:32-40, ill.
• Bellec, Francois: Terre! Maquettes de navires.
  Musee de la Marine, Paris, Paris, [1992]. 4to, 32 pp, ill.
• Bjering, K.B.: Stävdekorationen genom tiderna. Galjonsbilder, ornament och namnbräden i Hallands museum.
  Reprint from Halland 1963. Hallands museum, Halmstad, 1963. 8vo, pp 41-112, ill.
• Boss, Audrey & Messina, Franco Maria: Timoniere di prua.
  L'arte del Libro, 1997. 240 pp and a CD-ROM disk with images of figureheads.
• Boulay, Julie du: The Tresco Valhalla.
  Mariner's Mirror Vol. 45, ??.
• Bouquet, Michael R.: Ninteenth-Century Figureheads.
  The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 48, London, 1962. pp 225-226.
• Bovill, E.W.: The Tresco Valhalla.
  Mariner's Mirror Vol. 44, London, 1958. pp 333-334.
• Bowen, Frank C.: The Romance of the Figurehead.
  Ships and Shipmodels Vol. 1, London, 1931-32. pp 9-12, ill.
• Brewington, M.V.: Shipcarvers of North America.
  Dover Publications, New York, 1972. +8vo, xiv, 173 pp, ill.
• Busch, Peter von: Några tankar kring ett galjonsbildsgalleri.
  Aktuellt fr. Fören. marinmusei vänner 1966, Karlskrona, 1966. pp 34-53, ill.
• Buschmann, Hendrik: Ein Dekorationsenturf für Le Magnifique (1645).
  Das Logbuch 20. Jg., Heidesheim, 1984. pp 113-118, ill. Dieser Aufsatz wird in ausfürlicher Form im Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 1985 erscheinen.
• Bøggild, Hansaage: Skibsudsmykninger. Gallionsfigurer og skibsnavneplader på Bornhom.
  William Dams Boghandel, Rønne, 1979. 8vo, 184 pp, ill.
• Cederlöf, Olle: F.H. af Chapman och göticismen. En studie i svensk förromantik.
  Aktuellt fr. Fören. marinmusei vänner 1966, Karlskrona, 1966. pp 5-26, ill.
• Cederlöf, Olle: Johan Törnströms galjonsbilder. En studie kring konceptionella förebilder.
  Aktuellt fr. Fören. marinmusei vänner 1965, Karlskrona, 1965. pp 5-25, ill.
• Chapon, Jean: Ships' figureheads.
  Comite International pour l'Etude des Figures de Proue, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1977. 4to, 8 leaves.
• Costa, Giancarlo: Boegbeelden.
  De Boer Maritiem, Bussum, 1980. 4to, 175 pp, ill.
• Costa, Giancarlo: Figureheads. Carving on ships from ancient times to the twentieth century.
  Nautical, Lymington, 1981. 4to, 175 pp, ill.
• Frost, Honor: When and Whence came the Stories of the Kerykeion and the Cacuceus? Decorations on the Athelit Ram.
  The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 69, London, 1983. pp 249-250.
• Halldin, Gustaf: Amiralitetsbildhuggaren Johan Törnström. I. Hans fartygsornament och deras öden.
  Aktuellt fr. Fören. marinmusei vänner 1967, Karlskrona, 1967. pp 7-72, ill.
• Halldin, Gustaf: Amiralitetsbildhuggaren Johan Törnström. II. Hans byggnadsornament, porträttreliefer, möbelskulpturer och teckningar.
  Aktuellt fr. Fören. marinmusei vänner, Karlskrona, 1968. pp 17-51.
• Halldin, Gustaf: Carl Törnström, en bortglömd konstnär.
  Aktuellt från Fören. marinmusei vänner 1966, Karlskrona, 1966. pp 27-33, ill.
• Hallén, Tore & Rüster, Reijo: Galjonsbilder.
  Rabén & Sjögren, Stockholm, 1975. 8vo, 115 pp, ill.
• Hamilton, Georgia W.: Silent Pilots. Figureheads in Mystic Seaport Museum.
  Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, 1984. 8vo, 116 pp, ill.
• Hansen, Hans Jürgen: Galionsfiguren. Illustrierten Generalkatalog.
  Stalling, Oldenburg, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.
• Hansen, Hans Jürgen & Hansen, Clas Broder: Ships' figureheads : the decorative bow figures of ships.
  Schiffer in cooperation with the Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseum, Bremerhaven, West Chester (Pa), 1990. 4to, 128 pp, ill.
• Hoving, A.J.: Seventeenth Century Dutch Ship Decoration.
  Model Shipwright Vol. 17, London, 1988-89. pp 66:30-34, ill.
• Hoving, A.J.: Stern Carvings. The elaborate stern decoration of the "Royal Charles" of 1655, on display in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
  Model Shipwright Vol. 20, London, 1991. pp 78:49-54, ill.
• Hunter, Richard: Figureheads.
  Log, Winter 1985. pp 14-15.
• Hunter, Richard: New heads for old ships.
  Nautical Brass, Vol.10, no. 3, (1990), pp 8-11.
• Hunter, Richard: Use your heads : history of figureheads.
  Sea Classic Int., 1985. pp 66-82.
• Jensen, Ole Lisberg: Figureheads and other Ship Ornaments at the Maritime Museum of Gothenburg. Galjonsfigurer och fartygs ornament i Sjöfartsmuseet, Göteborg.
  Sjöfartsmuseet, Göteborg, 1984. 8vo, 80 pp, ill.
• Kruissink, G.R.: Scheepssier. Een nostalgische terugblik op de kleurige tooi van oude schepen.
  Hollandia, Baarn, 1977. A4, 128 pp, ill.
• Kåhre, Karl: Shanties och sjömansvisor i Ålands Sjöfartsmuseum.
  Ålands Sjöfart årg. 41, Mariehamn, 1979. pp 50-51, ill. About the figurehead of the fourmasted barque Ponape.
• Laughton, L.G. Carr: Figureheads, 1800-1815.
  The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 46, London, 1960. pp 225-228.
• Laughton, L.G. Carr: Old Ship Figure-Heads & Sterns With Which are Associated Galleries, Hancing-Pieces, Catheads and Divers Other Matters that Concern the "Grace and Countenance" of Old Sailing-Ships.
  Halton & Truscott Smith, London, 1925. +4to, xvi, 281 pp, ill., 55 pl.
  Conway Maritime Press, London, 1991.
• Laughton, L.G. Carr: A Roman Figure-Head.
  The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 14, London, 1928. pp 170.
• Norton, Peter: Figureheads.
  National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1972. 8vo, (2), 22 pp, ill.
• Norton, Peter: Ships' Figurheads.
  David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1976. 8vo, 144 pp, ill.
• Pettersen, Lauritz: Fra årets tilvekst: Skibsforsiringer.
  Bergens Sjøfartsmuseums Årshefte. 1957, Bergen, nd. pp 27-29, ill.
• Pinckney, Pauline A.: American figureheads and their carvers.
  W.W. Norton, New York, 1940. 4to, 223 pp.
• Poulsen, Hanne: Figureheads and ornaments on Danish ships and in Danish collections.
  Rhodos, Copenhagen, 1977. 4to, 198 pp, ill.
• Poulsen, Hanne: Gallionsfigurer og ornamenter på danske skibe og i danske samlinger.
  Rhodos, København, 1976. 4to, 206 pp, ill.
• Poulsen, Hanne: Danske gallionsfigurer efter 1850. Gallionsbilledhuggerne H. J. og W. E. Møen.
  Handels- og Søfartsmuseet på Kronborg. Årbog 1975, Helsingør, 1975. pp 42-83, ill. Summary: Danish Figureheads after 1850. Two Carvers: H.J. Møen and W.E. Møen.
• Poulsen, Hanne: Gallionsfigurer og anden dansk skibsornamentik indtil 1850.
  Handels- og Söfartsmuseet på Kronborg. Årbog 1974, Helsingør, 1974. pp 75-118, ill. Summary: Figureheads and other Decoration on Danish Ships before 1850.
• Poulsen, Hanne: Gallionsfigurer og skibsornamentik på Bangsbo.
  Bangsbomuseet, np, (c1985). ?x? cm, 28 pp, ill.
• Poulsen, Hanne: "Nye" arbejder af skibsbilledhuggerne H.J. og W.E. Møen.
  Maritim Kontakt 12, København, 1988. pp 143-152, ill.
• Rawlinson, Fred: Gone are the Days of Figureheads.
  The Mariners Museum, Newport News, 1969. 4to, 12 pp, ill.
• Rittmeister, Wolfgang: Neptuns hölzerne Engel. Schöne alte Galionsfiguren.
  Hans Dulk, Hamburg, 1958. 22.5x20 cm, 133 pp, ill. With illustrations by Hermann Ahrens.
• Rubin, Norman N.: Quebec Figureheads and Ship-Carving.
  Nautical Research Journal Vol. 18, Silver Spring, 1971. pp 75-90, ill.
• Sokol, Anthony E.: Galionsfiguren.
  Das Logbuch 17. Jg, Heidesheim, 1981. pp 99-100, ill.
• Soop, Hans: Galjonsbilder och annan fartygsdekor.
  Sjöhistorisk Årsbok 1988-1989, Stockholm, 1988. pp 93-102, ill.
• Soop, Hans: Karl XI till häst, ett stycke monumentalkonst i trä.
  Sjöhistorisk Årsbok 1965-1966, Stockholm, 1967. pp 15-20, ill.
• Soop, Hans: Skulptur i maritim miljö.
  Sjöhistorisk Årsbok 1967-1968, Stockholm, 1967. pp 79-84, ill.
• Stackpole, Edouard A.: Figureheads & Ship Carvings at Mystic Seaport.
  The Marine Historical Association, Mystic, CT, 1964. 8vo, xiv, 135 pp, ill. Publication No. 43.
• Stammers, M.K.: Ships' Figureheads.
  Shire Publications, Aylesbury, 1983. 8vo, 32 pp, ill. Shire Album 109.
• Stengelhofen, John: Valhalla. The Tresco ships' figurehead collection.
  National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1984. 15×21 cm, 33 pp, ill.
• Taylor, David: Figureheads.
  National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1992. 8vo, 32, pp, ill.
• Thomas, P.N.: British Figureheads & Ship Carvers.
  Waine Research, London, 1995. 4to, 114 pp, ill.
• Tucker, Arthur L.: Ship Carving on Dockyard Models. The Work of Eighteenth Century Model Shipwrights.
  Model Shipwright Vol. 2, London, 1973. pp 46, 146, 246-247, 6 pl.
• Wells, John G.: H.M.S. Warrior's Figureheads.
  The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 69, London, 1983. pp 268, ill.
• Önstad, Charlotte: Bildhuggareverkstaden vid Karlskrona örlogsvarv.
  Aktuellt från Marinmuseet 1980, Karlskrona, 1981. pp 7-18, ill.

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