Half Model of a 44-Gun Frigate

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1825

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Twee en twintig geschutpoorten verdeeld over geschutdek en halfdek. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, één berghout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-293
  • Dimensionsheight 36 cm x width 125.2 cm x depth 13.7 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 44-Gun Frigate

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-293

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Twee en twintig geschutpoorten verdeeld over geschutdek en halfdek. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, één berghout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘293’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1825

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 36 cm x width 125.2 cm x depth 13.7 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 44-Gun Frigate

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1825

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:293 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-293

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a three-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Twenty-two gun ports are indicated by white frames on the upper deck and quarterdeck, some of which are now damaged or missing. The sheer rises slightly towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, both are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. It has a straight square-headed rudder. The hull is S-bottomed and is painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

The number of gun ports seems to be at odds with Obreen’s identification of this model as a 32-gun frigate.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 293.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 293

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 44-Gun Frigate, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1825', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053610

(accessed 3 augustus 2026 13:15:30 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 293.