Half Model of a Launch

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (bakboord) van een sloep. Het boeisel boven het barkhout is gesloten. Platte spiegel met hekkebord; breed roer met helmstok. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden; één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-447
  • Dimensionsheight 17.3 cm x width 58.3 cm x depth 10 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

anonymous

Half Model of a Launch

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • label, on the rudder:447 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Restauratieatelier Scheepsmodellen, 2005: restored

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-447

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the port side of a launch, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds, the gunwale is planked and painted red and black. The model has a pointed bow; the stern has a square tuck with a transom. The stempost is curved, the sternpost is straight. The sheer rises towards both ends. The hull is S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 447

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Launch, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053748

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