Half Model of an 80-Gun Ship of the Line

anonymous, c. 1790 - c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Negen en dertig geschutpoorten verdeeld over drie dekken; halfdek, bovenkampanje en bakdek zijn ook te onderscheiden door gillingen; vrij lage luizenplecht. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij. Recht roer met lange vierkante roerkoning, waarschijnlijk voor twee roerpennen. De zeeg loopt op aan beide uiteinden, twee berghouten en één reehout. Rond onderwaterschip.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-274
  • Dimensionsheight 43.5 cm x width 142.7 cm x depth 15 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of an 80-Gun Ship of the Line

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-274

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Negen en dertig geschutpoorten verdeeld over drie dekken; halfdek, bovenkampanje en bakdek zijn ook te onderscheiden door gillingen; vrij lage luizenplecht. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij. Recht roer met lange vierkante roerkoning, waarschijnlijk voor twee roerpennen. De zeeg loopt op aan beide uiteinden, twee berghouten en één reehout. Rond onderwaterschip.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘274’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1790 - c. 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 43.5 cm x width 142.7 cm x depth 15 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 an 80-Gun Ship of the Line

? Netherlands, c. 1790 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:274 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-274

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. Thirty-nine gun ports are indicated by white frames in three tiers, some of which are now missing. The forecastle and quarterdeck are outlined by ribbands with square hances. The sheer rises towards both ends. Two wales and a sheer rail are indicated, all are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead with one curved cheek indicated directly on the beakhead, a beakhead bulkhead, part of a beakhead platform and a knighthead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. The straight, square-headed rudder has a long head, probably to take two tillers. The hull is round and is painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

Obreen describes this model as a 74-gun ship of the line,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 274. the number of gun ports on the model however suggests an 80-gun vessel.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 274

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of an 80-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, c. 1790 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053591

(accessed 3 augustus 2026 21:47:41 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 274.