Two Models of Diagonal Framing

anonymous, c. 1822

Twee modellen die het kruisverband volgens Robert Seppings demonstreren. Ze bestaan uit twee wegerbalken, waartussen diagonale schoren, steunders en sleutels zijn aangebracht.

  • Artwork typeinstruction model
  • Object numberNG-MC-114
  • Dimensions(A): height 1.8 cm x length 59.1 cm x width 10.2 cm, (B): height 1.8 cm x length 74.5 cm x width 8.3 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and brass

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Two Models of Diagonal Framing

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-114

  • Description

    Twee modellen die het kruisverband volgens Robert Seppings demonstreren. Ze bestaan uit twee wegerbalken, waartussen diagonale schoren, steunders en sleutels zijn aangebracht.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, on model A: ‘MODEL E’
    • inscription, on model A: parts are marked A to E
    • inscription, on model B: parts are numbered 1 to 18

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    • model maker: anonymous, United Kingdom
    • model maker: anonymous, Netherlands
    • after design by Sir Robert Seppings, United Kingdom

  • Dating

    c. 1822

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and brass

  • Dimensions

    • (A): height 1.8 cm x length 59.1 cm x width 10.2 cm
    • (B): height 1.8 cm x length 74.5 cm x width 8.3 cm

Explanatory note

  • Vermoedelijk gemaakt ter beoordeling door de commisie ter bestudering van de Engelse scheepsbouw in 1822.

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1822

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, after Sir Robert Seppings

Two Models of Diagonal Framing

United Kingdom, Netherlands, United Kingdom, c. 1822

Inscriptions

  • inscription, on model A:MODEL E
  • inscription, on model A: parts are marked A to E
  • inscription, on model B: parts are numbered 1 to 18

Conservation

  • Ab Hoving, mei 1995: missing parts reconstructed

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-114

Entry

Two instruction models (NG-MC-114-A and NG-MC-114-B) showing the diagonal framing according to the British naval architect Robert Seppings (1767-1840). The models consist of two beams of the ceiling with diagonal trussing in between.

Although Obreen mentions only one model,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 114. two have been found. One or both models were probably made for the committee examining British shipbuilding methods in 1822.2HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 27/5/1822 N7.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 114

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Two Models of Diagonal Framing, United Kingdom, c. 1822', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200682393

(accessed 5 augustus 2026 12:36:00 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 114.
  • 2HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 27/5/1822 N7.