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

Object number: NG-MC-453

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 yellow. It has a pointed bow, the stern has a square tuck and a flat transom. The stempost is curved, the sternpost is straight and fitted with a broad rudder. The sheer rises towards both ends, one wale is indicated and continuous around the tuck. The hull is S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The keel is slightly curved, rising at the ends.

Scale unknown.

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 453

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Launch, Netherlands, 1780 - 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053754