Half Model of a 68-Gun Ship of the Line

anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1820

Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Twee en dertig geschutpoorten verdeeld over drie dekken; bakdek niet aangegeven. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg naar voren en naar achter oplopend, twee barkhouten en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-961
  • Dimensionsheight 34.5 cm x width 101.2 cm x depth 13.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 68-Gun Ship of the Line

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-961

  • Description

    Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Twee en dertig geschutpoorten verdeeld over drie dekken; bakdek niet aangegeven. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg naar voren en naar achter oplopend, twee barkhouten en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: ‘68 STUKKEN.’
    • label, bottom right: ‘961’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1750 - c. 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 34.5 cm x width 101.2 cm x depth 13.5 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 68-Gun Ship of the Line

? Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:68 STUKKEN.
  • label, bottom right:961 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-961

Entry

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

The side is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Thirty-two gunports are indicated by white painted frames, positioned on three decks. The quarterdeck and poop deck are outlined by ribbands and have square hances. The bow features an empty beakhead with part of the platform and a sloped bulkhead. Next to the bowsprit is a knighthead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model has no taffrail or galleries. Below the stern is a straight, square-headed rudder. The sheer rises towards both ends. Two wales and a sheer rail are indicated. The hull is S-bottomed 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 et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 961

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 68-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054034

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