Model of a Cabin for Telegraph Personnel

...; collection Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1765-1837), Amsterdam, 1807;¹¹HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. F no. 5. Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1837;²²After the death of Asmus in 1837 models from his private collection remained in the Navy Model Room in The Hague and were henceforth considered an integral part of the collection of the Department of the Navy. transferred to the museum, 1883

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-822

Model of a cabin for personnel of an optical telegraph.

This model is a larger version of the cabin represented by NG-MC-820. It is a rectangular cabin with a hipped roof, made entirely out of loose panels and beams, and held together with sliding bolts. One of the long sides has lockers and a bunk.

According to Obreen this cabin dates from 1803 and belongs to the telegraph represented by number 821.³³J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 822. The model is first mentioned as part of the private collection of Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837) in 1807.⁴⁴HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. F no. 5.

Cabins of this type were specially designed as a kind of do-it-yourself kit for swift erection and moving.

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 822; C.P.P. van Romburgh, De Hollandse kustbeseining. De Franse invloed op de technische en organisatorische ontwikkeling van de kusttelegrafen 1794-1813, Leiden 1989 (diss. Rijksuniversiteit Leiden), p. 11

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Cabin for Telegraph Personnel, Netherlands, 1803', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244636