Half Model of a 24-Gun Frigate

anonymous, c. 1796

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten of dekken zijn aangegeven op dit model. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. De zeeg loopt iets op aan beide uiteinden, twee barkhouten en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:44 (schaal op model).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-311
  • Dimensionsheight 34.5 cm x width 109.8 cm x depth 14.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 24-Gun Frigate

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-311

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten of dekken zijn aangegeven op dit model. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. De zeeg loopt iets op aan beide uiteinden, twee barkhouten en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:44 (schaal op model).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • scale, top centre: paper scale in Amsterdam feet
    • inscription, top centre, on an oval black label: ‘1 / HELDIN 32 St. / GB: 1796.’
    • label, bottom right: ‘311’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1796

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 34.5 cm x width 109.8 cm x depth 14.5 cm

Explanatory note

  • Het fregat van 24 stukken Heldin, lang 130 voet, aanvankelijk gebouwd als fregat van 32 stukken, werd in 1796 door R. Dorsman in Amsterdam gebouwd; in 1799 door de Engelsen genomen.

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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 24-Gun Frigate

Netherlands, c. 1796

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on an oval black label:1 / HELDIN 32 St. / GB: 1796.
  • scale, top centre: paper scale in Amsterdam feet
  • label, bottom right:311 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-311

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. No gun ports are indicated. The sheer rises slightly towards both ends. Two wales and a sheer rail are indicated, all are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks positioned directly on the beakhead, and a knighthead. 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 hull is slightly S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

The 24-gun frigate Heldin, 130 feet long, originally designed as a 32-gun frigate, was built by R. Dorsman in Amsterdam in 1796.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 311. Heldin was captured by the British in 1799.2HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus.

Scale (on model) approx. 1:44.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 311

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 24-Gun Frigate, Netherlands, c. 1796', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053625

(accessed 7 augustus 2026 16:33:35 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 311.
  • 2HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus.