Half Model of a 76-Gun Ship of the Line

anonymous, c. 1786

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster met als enige versiering gekrulde gillingen. Zes en dertig geschutpoorten verdeeld over drie dekken; de huid bij de geschutdekken is gesloten. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning, beneden de hieling van de kiel volgend. Vrij vlakke zeer naar achter oplopend; de twee berghouten en het reehout worden door poorten onderbroken. Vlak onderwaterschip. Schaal 1:48 (schaal op model).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-255
  • Dimensionsheight 36 cm x width 127.5 cm x depth 16 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 76-Gun Ship of the Line

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-255

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster met als enige versiering gekrulde gillingen. Zes en dertig geschutpoorten verdeeld over drie dekken; de huid bij de geschutdekken is gesloten. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning, beneden de hieling van de kiel volgend. Vrij vlakke zeer naar achter oplopend; de twee berghouten en het reehout worden door poorten onderbroken. Vlak onderwaterschip. Schaal 1:48 (schaal op model).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, top centre, on a square paper label, in ink: ‘76 stukken / Amsterdam’
    • scale, bottom centre: paper scale
    • label, bottom right: ‘255’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Amsterdam (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1786

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 36 cm x width 127.5 cm x depth 16 cm

Explanatory note

  • Volgens Obreen geeft dit model de Amsterdamse vorm van 1786 weer.

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1786

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

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

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anonymous

Half Model of a 76-Gun Ship of the Line

? Amsterdam, c. 1786

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a square paper label, in ink:76 stukken / Amsterdam
  • scale, bottom centre: paper scale
  • label, bottom right:255 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Ab Hoving, mei 2008: minor repairs

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-255

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a three-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard, painted black.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Only the side of the two main gun decks is planked. A total of thirty-six gun ports are indicated: twenty-eight on the side, painted black and indicating the two main gun decks, three on the forecastle and five framed ones on the quarterdeck. The extent of the forecastle and quarterdeck is outlined by ribbands, their hances ending in volutes. The sheer rises slightly towards the stern. Two wales and the sheer rail are indicated, both wales are interrupted by gun ports. The bow features an empty beakhead with a schematic representation of a figurehead, a beakhead bulkhead, part of the beakhead platform and a knighthead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated, following the skeg of the keel. The hull is flat and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

According to Obreen the model represents an Amsterdam design dating from 1786.1 J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 255.In that case the most likely candidate for this model is the 74-gun ship of the line Prins Maurits of 1783. The ship measured almost 179 feet in length and was designed by Willem Lodewijk van Gent,2 J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 90.but it were probably William May (1725-1807) and Cornelis Mast who finished the actual construction of Prins Maurits as master shipwrights.3A.J. Hoving and A.A. Lemmers, In tekening gebracht. De achttiende-eeuwse scheepsbouwers en hun ontwerpmethoden, Amsterdam 2001 (Bijdragen tot de Nederlandse marinegeschiedenis, vol. 12), p. 176. Prins Maurits was renamed Dappere in 1795, but broken up soon afterwards in February 1796.

Scale (on model) 1:48.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 255

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 76-Gun Ship of the Line, Amsterdam, c. 1786', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20066268

(accessed 30 oktober 2026 02:55:23 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 255.
  • 2J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 90.
  • 3A.J. Hoving and A.A. Lemmers, In tekening gebracht. De achttiende-eeuwse scheepsbouwers en hun ontwerpmethoden, Amsterdam 2001 (Bijdragen tot de Nederlandse marinegeschiedenis, vol. 12), p. 176.