Half Model of a 50-Gun Frigate

Inscriptions

inscription, top centre, on a square black metal label:FREGAT a 50 STUKKEN / LANG 175 Vt
inscription, on the back, on a piece of paper, in ink:fregat / van 50 Stukken / Lang op Het / onderdek 175 vt / Wyt binne de Huyt 47 vt / Hol int ruym 17½ vt // A:Bakker
label, bottom right:288 former inventory label

Conservation

Ab Hoving, mei 2008: woodworm treatment

Provenance

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

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-288

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. Fifteen gun ports are indicated by white frames on one continuous gun deck, some of which are now damaged. The model does not indicate any details of the forecastle or quarterdeck. The sheer rises slightly towards both ends. Two wales and the sheer rail are indicated, all are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks positioned directly on the beakhead, and a black knighthead. 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 slightly S-bottomed and is painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

Scale (derived) 1:58.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 288; A.A. Lemmers, Techniek op schaal. Modellen en het technologiebeleid van de Marine 1725-1885, Amsterdam 1996, pp. 140-42

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 50-Gun Frigate, Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244099

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