Ship: Maker: Past Locations: [[Essex Institute]]; [[Peabody Museum of Salem]] Current Location: [[[Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA]]] References: E. J. Carpenter and Mary H. Northend, “The Passing Of The Figure-Head,” _The Railroad Trainman_ 29, no. 11 (November 1912): 952-3. Pictured 958. Mary H. Northend, “The Garden of Figureheads,” _International Studio_ 75, no. 304 (September 1922): 508. Notes: - Said to have washed up on the shore of Cape Cod one morning after a storm; location at time of publication the Essex Institute (Carpenter & Northend, 1912) 953. - Referred to as an "old type" in image caption (Carpenter & Northend, 1912) 958. - Identifies the portrait medallion as "perhaps of President Jefferson" (Carpenter & Northend, 1912) 953. - Attributed to Samuel McIntire, about 1800. Description praises skill of carving and identifies the portrait medallion as "believed to be that of John Hancock." Location at time of publication the Peabody Museum of Salem (Northend, 1922) 508. Related media: Color note for the carving, Figurehead (Woman Holding Medallion), Index of American Design number Mass-Ca-58. National Gallery of Art Archives.