Half Model of a Jolly Boat

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een sloep. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten. Platte spiegel; breed roer. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden, een barkhout. Rondspant met kiel die in het midden veel breder is dan bij de uiteinden. Schaal ca. 1:20 (afgeleid).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-976
  • Dimensionsheight 12.5 cm x width 42.3 cm x depth 7 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

anonymous

Half Model of a Jolly Boat

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:JOL LANG 20 Vt
  • inscription, on the back:IOL - L20V
  • label, bottom left:976 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Restauratieatelier Scheepsmodellen, 2002: restored
  • Ab Hoving, augustus 2005: minor repairs; retouched; revarnished

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-976

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a dinghy, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds, the gunwale is planked. The model has a pointed bow; the stern has a square tuck and a flat transom. The stem is curved, the sternpost is straight and fitted with a broad rudder. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale is indicated. The hull is round, with a keel that is much broader in the middle than at the ends and painted white below the waterline.

Scale (derived) approx. 1:20.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 976

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Jolly Boat, 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/20054049

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