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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A half block model of the starboard side of the three-masted cargo ship Indian Empire (1865), made entirely in wood, stained and polished a light brown finish. The hull has a clipper bow. Fittings include a stump bowsprit, foremast, mainmast and mizzen mast, and a poop deck, the side section of which is painted off-white. The model is displayed on a rectangular wooden backboard, mahogany-clad below the indicated waterline, and a light-coloured wood, possibly maple, above. A plaque attached to the bottom centre of the backboard reads: ?Indian Empire built by John Reid & Co Ltd Whiteinch Glasgow?.
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caption: Indian Empire (1865) - broadside
caption: Indian Empire (1865) - figurehead detail | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Indian Empire 1865 Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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