Object data
wood and paint
height 17.3 cm × width 58.3 cm × depth 10 cm
anonymous
Half Model of a Launch
Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820
Inscriptions
- label, on the rudder: 447 former inventory label
Conservation
- Restauratieatelier Scheepsmodellen, 2005: restored
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-447
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
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 black. The model has a pointed bow; the stern has a square tuck with a transom. The stempost is curved, the sternpost is straight. The sheer rises towards both ends. The hull is S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline.
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 447
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Launch, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244260
(accessed 14 November 2024 07:42:50).