Half Model of an 80-Gun Ship of the Line

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1825

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster zonder versiering. Veertig geschutpoorten verdeeld over drie dekken. De zijde tussen bakdek en halfdek is gesloten. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij. Recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Bijna vlakke zeeg, twee barkhouten en één reehout. Rond onderwaterschip, wit geschilderd.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-251
  • Dimensionsheight 38.5 cm x width 144.5 cm x depth 17.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of an 80-Gun Ship of the Line

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-251

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster zonder versiering. Veertig geschutpoorten verdeeld over drie dekken. De zijde tussen bakdek en halfdek is gesloten. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij. Recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Bijna vlakke zeeg, twee barkhouten en één reehout. Rond onderwaterschip, wit geschilderd.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black metal label: ‘80 STUKKEN.’
    • label, bottom right: ‘251’ former inventory label
    • inscription, bottom left: ‘B.42.(21.)’ former inventory marking
    • inscription, on the rudder: ‘NM’ former property mark

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1825

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 38.5 cm x width 144.5 cm x depth 17.5 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. 1780 - c. 1825

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black metal label:80 STUKKEN.
  • label, bottom right:251 former inventory label
  • inscription, on the rudder:NM former property mark
  • inscription, bottom left:B.42.(21.) former inventory marking

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-251

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. Forty gun ports are indicated by white frames in three tiers, some of which are now damaged or missing. The extent of the forecastle and quarterdeck is only suggested by the presence of their gun ports, as the side of the waist between the forecastle and quarterdeck is closed by a bulwark. The quarterdeck has a square hance. The sheer is almost flat. Two wales and the sheer rail are indicated by broad, black ribbands. The bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks indicated directly on the beakhead, a beakhead bulkhead, part of the beakhead platform and a black knighthead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. 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.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 251

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of an 80-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1825', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053572

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