Rijksmuseum

Object data

wood and paint

height 36 cm × width 133 cm × depth 15 cm

Inscriptions

inscription, top centre, on a square black metal label: 68 STUKKn LANG 180 Vt.
label, bottom right: 262 former inventory label

Conservation

Davina Jakobi, November 2015: minor repairs

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-262

Copyright: Public domain

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-two gun ports are indicated by white frames in three tiers. The model does not indicate any details of the forecastle, whereas the quarterdeck is outlined by ribbands with square hances. The sheer rises slightly towards the stern. Two wales and a sheer rail are indicated, all are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead with the curved upper cheek indicated directly on the beakhead, a beakhead bulkhead, part of the beakhead platform and a black knighthead. The stern has two storeys, a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. It has a straight, square-headed rudder. The hull is round and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

Obreen supplies measurements of 180 x 491/5 x 229/11 feet for this design,¹which would lead to significantly different scales.

Scale (estimated) 1:50.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 262

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 68-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1810', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244072

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