Object data
wood and paint
height 35 cm × width 121 cm × depth 14.5 cm
anonymous
Half Model of a Sloop of War
? Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820
Inscriptions
- label, bottom right: former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-964
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a three-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.
The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. The bow features an empty beakhead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or galleries. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, painted black. The hull is S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 964
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Sloop of War, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244778
(accessed 26 April 2024 05:38:17).