Half Model of a 44-Gun Frigate

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1825

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. De huid boven de waterlijn is gesloten, veertien geschutpoorten aangegeven op het bovendek, dertien roeipoorten op het onderdek; halfdek en bakdek niet aangegeven. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, gesloten hek, zijgalerij niet aangegeven; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden oplopend, twee berghouten en één reehout. Scherp onderwaterschip.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-289
  • Dimensionsheight 30 cm x width 100.5 cm x depth 11 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and copper

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 44-Gun Frigate

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-289

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. De huid boven de waterlijn is gesloten, veertien geschutpoorten aangegeven op het bovendek, dertien roeipoorten op het onderdek; halfdek en bakdek niet aangegeven. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, gesloten hek, zijgalerij niet aangegeven; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden oplopend, twee berghouten en één reehout. Scherp onderwaterschip.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, top centre, on a square black metal label: ‘FREGAT. 44 STUKKEN’
    • label, bottom right: ‘289’ 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 copper

  • Dimensions

    height 30 cm x width 100.5 cm x depth 11 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 44-Gun Frigate

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1825

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a square black metal label:FREGAT. 44 STUKKEN
  • label, bottom right:289 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Ab Hoving, augustus 2005: minor repairs

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-289

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. The side above the wale is fully planked. Fourteen recessed and brown gun ports are situated on one continuous gun deck, thirteen oar ports or scuttles are on the lower deck. The model does not indicate any details of the forecastle or quarterdeck. The sheer rises towards both ends. Two wales and the sheer rail are indicated, the latter is painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead, the upper cheek indicated directly on the beakhead, and a black knighthead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The taffrail is closed. The model does not have quarter galleries. It has a straight square-headed rudder. The hull is very sharp and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 289

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/20053606

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