Half Model of a Gunboat

anonymous, c. 1794

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een platbodem. Het onderste gedeelte van het voorschip is in een punt doorgetrokken, waarop een klein driehoekig plecht is aangebrachten. Spits achterschip, breed roer. De zeeg loopt naar voren en achter op, één barkhout. Deze gaffelkanonneerboot had één stuk.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-418
  • Dimensionsheight 18.3 cm x width 72 cm x depth 10 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Gunboat

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-418

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een platbodem. Het onderste gedeelte van het voorschip is in een punt doorgetrokken, waarop een klein driehoekig plecht is aangebrachten. Spits achterschip, breed roer. De zeeg loopt naar voren en achter op, één barkhout. Deze gaffelkanonneerboot had één stuk.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, top centre, on an oval black label: ‘1 / CANONNEER / BOOT. 1 St / GB: 1794.’
    • label, bottom right: ‘418’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Rotterdam (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1794

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 18.3 cm x width 72 cm x depth 10 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 Gunboat

? Rotterdam, c. 1794

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on an oval black label:1 / CANONNEER / BOOT. 1 St / GB: 1794.
  • label, bottom right:418 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Restauratieatelier Scheepsmodellen, 2005: restored

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-418

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a flat-bottomed vessel, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. The lower half of the bow extends forward with a pointed end, on which a small triangular deck is laid. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale is indicated. The stern is round and fitted with a broad rudder. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline.

This type of gunboat was gaff-rigged and had one gun. According to Obreen the gunboat was built in Rotterdam.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 418.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 418

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Gunboat, Rotterdam, c. 1794', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053724

(accessed 7 augustus 2026 11:05:22 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 418.