Half Model of a 24-Gun Frigate

anonymous, c. 1790 - c. 1825

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Elf geschutpoorten op één geschutdek. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, hek en zijgalerij van één verdieping; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, één berghout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-299
  • Dimensionsheight 32 cm x width 132 cm x depth 16 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 24-Gun Frigate

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-299

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Elf geschutpoorten op één geschutdek. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, hek en zijgalerij van één verdieping; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, één berghout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘299’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1790 - c. 1825

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 32 cm x width 132 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 24-Gun Frigate

Netherlands, c. 1790 - c. 1825

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:299 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-299

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 side above the wale is planked. Eleven black gun ports are painted on the side, indicating one continuous gun deck. The model does not indicate the extent of the forecastle or quarterdeck. The sheer rises slightly towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, both are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks positioned directly on the beakhead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model has a rounded taffrail and a small single-storey quarter gallery with doomed roofing and decorative lower finishings, which are now damaged and missing. It has a straight, square-headed rudder. The hull is S-bottomed and is painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

A striking feature is the large number of frame moulds.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 299

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 24-Gun Frigate, Netherlands, c. 1790 - c. 1825', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053616

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