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Sample of Steel
John Heaton, 1868
Monster van Heatons staal, vervaardigd van middelmatig ijzer. Het is een staafje met vierkante doorsnee van ½ Engelse duim, de uiteinden afgebroken of gescheurd.
- Artwork typesample
- Object numberNG-MC-1232
- Dimensionsheight 1.4 cm x width 10.3 cm x depth 1.4 cm
- Physical characteristicssteel
Identification
Title(s)
Sample of Steel
Object type
Object number
NG-MC-1232
Description
Monster van Heatons staal, vervaardigd van middelmatig ijzer. Het is een staafje met vierkante doorsnee van ½ Engelse duim, de uiteinden afgebroken of gescheurd.
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Creation
Creation
manufacturer: John Heaton, United Kingdom
Dating
1868
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Physical description
steel
Dimensions
height 1.4 cm x width 10.3 cm x depth 1.4 cm
Explanatory note
De inventaris beschrijft dit monster als een schenking van dhr. Seekel, en verwijst naar Meen Magazine (?), vol. XX, 1868, p. 341: wij hebben deze verwijzing niet kunnen natrekken.
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Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
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John Heaton
Sample of Steel
United Kingdom, 1868
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1232
Entry
Sample of Heaton’s steel, made from medium iron. It is a small bar measuring half of a square inch in section, broken or torn at the ends.
The inventory describes this sample as the gift of a Mr Seekel.1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1232.
Literature
‘Heaton’s Steel Converting Apparatus’, Mechanic’s Magazine, London 1868, pp. 350-51; J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1232
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'John Heaton, Sample of Steel, United Kingdom, 1868', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054195
(accessed 15 December 2025 12:13:03).Footnotes
- 1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1232.