The pirate bust below gives us a recognizable pirate with only a stern mustached face, an ear ring and a red bandana.
His haughty stance clearly advertises his power.īut, we do not need all these details of dress and accoutrements to identify a romantic pirate.
A red bandana peeks out from beneath the hat. Finally, his mustache and tricorn hat and an ear ring in his left ear make him an elegant chap. The man’s shirt has been torn, undoubtedly in a fight, but, his close-fitting, nineteenth century pantaloons and his high boots are in good shape. This pirate wears knives on his colorful sash and leans on his sword while keeping one foot on a coil of rope. But how does a pirate look? Pirate bookends show us pirates in the round, and the bookends must be correcct, at least for the popular conception of pirates, because we immediately recognize pirates on bookends. Signed “Paul Herzel.”ĭoubloons, swords, treasure chests, eye patches- everyone knows that all these identify pirates because Hollywood told us so.
