Similar flags appeared in other nautical flag compilations like Schenk's, sometimes with the wreath on the skull and sometimes without; here's one from 1836 (bottom right as "Rovers"): https://collection.maas.museum/object/434506.
Basil Lubbock's "Blackwall Frigates" from 1922 just labels this flag "1746" with no name. Same with 1923's “Piracy in the West Indies and its suppression” by Francis Bradlee.
In 1933 Charles Grey's "Pirates of the Eastern Seas" labels this one "Moody." In 1953 Patrick Pringle's “Jolly Roger” labels it "Christopher Moody". This becomes the standard going forward, though of course until the 20th century it was never assigned to Moody or anyone else and no witnesses reported any Golden Age vessels flying it.
“Moody” Flag origin?
in Captain Twill
Posted
Bottom left corner, 1711, by Peter Schenk, flag of "Roovers":
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/NG-1048
or
https://alteamaps.uk/view_product.php?prod_id=PROD100004366
or
https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/41185/early-appearance-of-the-flag-of-new-england-schouw-park-a-schenk
or
https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/flagchart-schenk-1711
Similar flags appeared in other nautical flag compilations like Schenk's, sometimes with the wreath on the skull and sometimes without; here's one from 1836 (bottom right as "Rovers"): https://collection.maas.museum/object/434506.
Basil Lubbock's "Blackwall Frigates" from 1922 just labels this flag "1746" with no name. Same with 1923's “Piracy in the West Indies and its suppression” by Francis Bradlee.
In 1933 Charles Grey's "Pirates of the Eastern Seas" labels this one "Moody." In 1953 Patrick Pringle's “Jolly Roger” labels it "Christopher Moody". This becomes the standard going forward, though of course until the 20th century it was never assigned to Moody or anyone else and no witnesses reported any Golden Age vessels flying it.