Half Model of a 74-Gun Ship of the Line

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

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-256

Wooden half bracket model of the port side of a ship, mounted on a small wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. One deck is indicated by a horizontal mould fitted on to the model. The extent of the forecastle and quarterdeck is outlined by ribbands with square hances. The sheer rises aft. The bow features a stempost only. The beakhead bulkhead is represented by a vertical frame mould and part of the beakhead platform is depicted. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail, quarter galleries or a rudder. The hull is round and slender at the stern.

The model has been identified by elimination only and its identification therefore remains uncertain. According to Obreen the model represents a 74-gun ship of the line from Zeeland.¹¹J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 256.

Scale unknown.

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 256

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 74-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: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244067