Half Model of a 70-Gun Ship of the Line

anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1800

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten en geen dekken aangegeven; halfdek en bakdek zijn onderscheiden door de gillingen. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek, zijgalerij of roer. Bijna vlakke zeeg, twee berghouten en één reehout. Vrij scherp onderwaterschip in vergelijking met de vorige modellen.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-258
  • Dimensionsheight 42 cm x width 140 cm x depth 16 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 70-Gun Ship of the Line

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-258

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten en geen dekken aangegeven; halfdek en bakdek zijn onderscheiden door de gillingen. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek, zijgalerij of roer. Bijna vlakke zeeg, twee berghouten en één reehout. Vrij scherp onderwaterschip in vergelijking met de vorige modellen.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘258’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1750 - c. 1800

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 42 cm x width 140 cm x depth 16 cm

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  • 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 70-Gun Ship of the Line

? Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1800

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:258 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-258

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 forecastle and quarterdeck are outlined by ribbands with square hances. The sheer is almost flat. Two wales and a sheer rail are indicated and are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead, almost touching the bowsprit, a beakhead bulkhead and part of the beakhead platform. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail, quarter galleries or rudder. The keel ends in a skeg. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

The hull is rather sharp compared to other models.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 258

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 70-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1800', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053576

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