Half Model of a Schooner Gunboat

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord). Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van het hek, geen zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg naar beide einden oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Geen sporen van het tuig. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-401
  • Dimensionsheight 18.5 cm x width 77.3 cm x depth 10 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Schooner Gunboat

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-401

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord). Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van het hek, geen zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg naar beide einden oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Geen sporen van het tuig. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘401’ 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 18.5 cm x width 77.3 cm x depth 10 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 Schooner Gunboat

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:401 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Davina Jakobi, juli 2015: minor repairs

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-401

Entry

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

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Above the wale the side is planked. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, both are painted black. The stern, slightly damaged, has a round tuck and a hollow counter. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. The hull is S-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. 401

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Schooner Gunboat, 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/20053710

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