Object data
wood, brass and glass
model: height 32 cm × width 32.8 cm × depth 25 cm
box: height 25 cm × width 40 cm × depth 31.5 cm
anonymous
Model of a Cabin for Telegraph Personnel
Netherlands, 1803
Provenance
...; collection Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1765-1837), Amsterdam, 1807;1 Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1837;2 transferred to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-822
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
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 821.3 The model is first mentioned as part of the private collection of Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837) in 1807.4
Cabins of this type were specially designed as a kind of do-it-yourself kit for swift erection and moving.
Literature
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
Citation
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
(accessed 27 November 2024 04:49:06).