Half model of an eight-oared yawl

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (bakboord) van een roeiboot. Het boeisel boven het barkhout is gesloten. Vier scheegaten zijn aangegeven. Platte spiegel; breed roer. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden; één barkhout met profiel. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-437
  • Dimensionsheight 14 cm x width 65 cm x depth 8 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Half Model of a Jolly Boat
    • Half model of an eight-oared yawl

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-437

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (bakboord) van een roeiboot. Het boeisel boven het barkhout is gesloten. Vier scheegaten zijn aangegeven. Platte spiegel; breed roer. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden; één barkhout met profiel. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, on the rudder: ‘437’ 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 14 cm x width 65 cm x depth 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 Jolly Boat

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • label, on the rudder:437 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-437

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the port side of an eight-oared jolly boat, mounted on a rectangular black, wooden backboard.

The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds, the gunwale is planked. Four rowlocks are painted on the gunwale. The model has a pointed bow; the stern has a square tuck with a transom. The stempost 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 wale.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 437

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/200315779

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