Half Model of a 20-Gun Sloop of War

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. De huid boven het berghout gesloten. Tien geschutpoorten aangegeven op één dek, dat gesloten is. Gewrongen spiegel, gesloten hol wulf en gesloten hek, geen zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg naar achteren oplopend, één berghout en één reehout. Vrij scherp onderwaterschip, gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-327
  • Dimensionsheight 24.9 cm x width 82.4 cm x depth 12.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 20-Gun Sloop of War

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-327

  • Description

    Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. De huid boven het berghout gesloten. Tien geschutpoorten aangegeven op één dek, dat gesloten is. Gewrongen spiegel, gesloten hol wulf en gesloten hek, geen zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg naar achteren oplopend, één berghout en één reehout. Vrij scherp onderwaterschip, gepiekt rondspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • label, bottom right: ‘327’ former inventory label
    • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: ‘CORVET: a 20 STUKKEN.’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 24.9 cm x width 82.4 cm x depth 12.5 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

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anonymous

Half Model of a 20-Gun Sloop of War

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:CORVET: a 20 STUKKEN.
  • label, bottom right:327 former inventory label

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-327

Entry

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 side above the wale is planked. Ten recessed gun ports are situated on one continuous deck. The sheer rises towards the stern. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated. The bow features an empty beakhead and a knighthead. The stern has a round tuck. The hollow counter and the taffrail are closed. There is no indication of the presence or shape of a quarter gallery. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. The hull is sharply S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The keel drops slightly towards the stern. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 327

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 20-Gun 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: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053639

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