Half Model of a Tow Yacht

anonymous, 1750 - 1850

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (bakboord) van een platbodem passagiersvaartuig. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten. Het dek is gesloten en heeft een lang dekhuis met tien lichten. Platte spiegel, hol wulf, hekkebord; breed roer, kiel met hieling. De zeeg loopt op naar achteren, één barkhout.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-458
  • Dimensionsheight 16.6 cm x width 77.5 cm x depth 7.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Tow Yacht

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-458

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (bakboord) van een platbodem passagiersvaartuig. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten. Het dek is gesloten en heeft een lang dekhuis met tien lichten. Platte spiegel, hol wulf, hekkebord; breed roer, kiel met hieling. De zeeg loopt op naar achteren, één barkhout.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘458’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    1750 - 1850

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 16.6 cm x width 77.5 cm x depth 7.5 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

Documentation

  • Tom van der Meer, 'De waterstaat', Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 25 (1999) nr. 2, p. 4-10.

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anonymous

Half Model of a Tow Yacht

Netherlands, 1750 - 1850

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:458 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Restauratieatelier Scheepsmodellen, 2009: restored

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-458

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the port side of a flat-bottomed passenger craft, 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 no deck but is detailed with an elongated deckhouse with ten windows. The stern has a square tuck, a hollow counter and a flat transom. A broad rudder is fitted to the sternpost. The sheer rises towards the stern. One wale is indicated, painted black. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 458

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Tow Yacht, Netherlands, 1750 - 1850', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053758

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