Half Model of a Launch

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een sloep. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten. Platte spiegel, hol wulf, gesloten hek; breed roer. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-975
  • Dimensionsheight 18.3 cm x width 61.9 cm x depth 8.9 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Launch

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-975

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een sloep. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten. Platte spiegel, hol wulf, gesloten hek; breed roer. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘975’ former inventory label

  • 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 18.3 cm x width 61.9 cm x depth 8.9 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 Launch

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:975 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-975

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a launch, 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, a hollow counter, a flat transom and a taffrail. 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 S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 975

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Launch, 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/20054048

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