Half Model of a Launch

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een sloep. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten en er zijn zes scheegaten aangegeven. Platte spiegel, miniatuur wulf, hekkebord. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:22 (schaal op model). Volgens de schaal is deze jol 32 voeten lang.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-451
  • Dimensionsheight 15.1 cm x width 50.5 cm x depth 6 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Launch

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-451

  • Description

    Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een sloep. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten en er zijn zes scheegaten aangegeven. Platte spiegel, miniatuur wulf, hekkebord. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:22 (schaal op model). Volgens de schaal is deze jol 32 voeten lang.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • label, bottom left: ‘451’ former inventory label
    • scale, bottom centre: wooden scale in Amsterdam feet

  • 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 15.1 cm x width 50.5 cm x depth 6 cm

This work is about

  • 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 left:451 former inventory label
  • scale, bottom centre: wooden scale in Amsterdam feet

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-451

Entry

Bracket wooden half model of the starboard side of a 32 foot long launch, mounted on a rectangular wooden, black-painted backboard.

The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds, the gunwale is planked. It has a pointed bow, the stern has a square tuck and a flat transom. The stempost is curved, the sternpost is straight. The model has no rudder. The sheer rises towards both ends, one wale is indicated. The hull is S-bottomed.

Scale (on model) approx. 1:22.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 451

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/20053752

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