Half Model of a Merchant Frigate

H.W. van Hoboken (possibly), 1826

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten en geen dekken aangegeven. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg naar voren en naar achter oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Scherp gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:40 (afgeleid).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-965
  • Dimensionsheight 32.8 cm x width 108.4 cm x depth 14 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Merchant Frigate

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-965

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten en geen dekken aangegeven. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg naar voren en naar achter oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Scherp gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:40 (afgeleid).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, on the back: ‘Fregat Antony Lang 33.5 El wydt 9.3 El hol 3.9 El tusschen deks 2 El / gebouwt door den H.W. van Hoboken 1826’
    • label, bottom right: ‘965’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    • model maker: H.W. van Hoboken (possibly), Netherlands
    • designer: H.W. van Hoboken (mentioned on object), Netherlands

  • Dating

    1826

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 32.8 cm x width 108.4 cm x depth 14 cm

Explanatory note

  • H.W. van Hoboken was één van de scheepsbouwleerlingen die in 1813 een opleiding bij Sané te Parijs volgde; wij hebben geen gegevens over hem na 1816.

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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H.W. van Hoboken (possibly)

Half Model of a Merchant Frigate

Netherlands, Netherlands, 1826

Inscriptions

  • inscription, on the back:Fregat Antony Lang 33.5 El wydt 9.3 El hol 3.9 El tusschen deks 2 El / gebouwt door den H.W. van Hoboken 1826
  • label, bottom right:965 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-965

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 bow features an empty beakhead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or galleries. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, painted black. The hull is sharply S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

H.W. van Hoboken was one of the Dutch Navy shipwrights who studied under Constructor-General Jacques-Noël Sané (1740-1831) in Paris in 1813. There is no record of him after 1816. His father was the prominent Rotterdam merchant and ship owner Anthony van Hoboken (1756-1850).

Scale (derived) approx. 1:40.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 965

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'possibly H.W. van Hoboken, Half Model of a Merchant Frigate, Netherlands, 1826', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054038

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