Half Model of a 40-Gun Frigate

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten en geen dekken aangegeven. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg naar voren en naar achter oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Scherp gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:58 (schaal op model).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-962
  • Dimensionsheight 32 cm x width 108.6 cm x depth 12.8 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 40-Gun Frigate

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-962

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten en geen dekken aangegeven. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg naar voren en naar achter oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Scherp gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:58 (schaal op model).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • label, bottom right: ‘962’ former inventory label
    • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: ‘FREGAT a 40 STUKKEN / LANG 160 Vt’
    • inscription, on the back: ‘Lang op zijn dek 160 V / Wijd binnen De Huidt 44 Vt / Hol int Ruym 23 vt 5 dm’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 32 cm x width 108.6 cm x depth 12.8 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 40-Gun Frigate

? Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:FREGAT a 40 STUKKEN / LANG 160 Vt
  • inscription, on the back:Lang op zijn dek 160 V / Wijd binnen De Huidt 44 Vt / Hol int Ruym 23 vt 5 dm
  • label, bottom right:962 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-962

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. Most gun ports are now damaged or missing. The bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks and a black 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 sheer rises towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, painted black. The hull is sharply S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

Scale (on model) approx. 1:58.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 962

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 40-Gun Frigate, 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/20054035

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