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Figureheads Were a Feature of This Fishermen's Hut (Left) Which Once Stood Near the Harbour Mouth at Lowestoft, Suffolk. the Figureheads Shown Below Portray (Left to Right) William Iv, the Sailor

Figureheads were a feature of this fishermen's hut (left) which once stood near the harbour mouth at Lowestoft, Suffolk. The figureheads shown below portray (left to right) William IV, the Sailor King1; a woman who once adorned the bow of the schooner Wildflower; and an unidentified female effigy. The first two were photographed at Southwold, Suffolk, in the 1950s and the third a few miles away at Waldringfield..

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