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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of a three-decker (circa 1775) built plank on frame in the Navy Board style. This model is thought to be a design model only and with a gundeck length of 160 feet by 45 feet in the beam, this would place it somewhere between the 1733 and 1741 establishments. Although the inscription `Barfleur? appears on the counter of the stern, it cannot be identified with any ship of that name. This together with the elaborately carved figurehead of a single human figure would suggest a date later than 1740, probably c1775 when the order was issued for ships to have their names painted on the stern. The model is of the highest quality of eighteenth century model making and has a wealth of carved and painted decoration on the bow, stern, quarter galleries and bulwark friezes. It is also complete with a number of fittings both on deck and internally.
CA: AAA. According to Anderson's catalogue (1952) it is referenced in the Royal Naval Museum College (1913), pg 46, Vanguard Room (West), No 5 Case, No 7 as Barfleur though in his catalogue he does query this identification.
caption: 'Barfleur' (1740) - port broadside
caption: 'Barfleur' (1740) - bow three quarter
caption: 'Barfleur' (1740) - stern quarter
caption: 'Barfleur' (1740) - stern detail
caption: 'Barfleur' (1740) - figurehead detail
caption: 'Barfleur' (1740) - heads and small hatch
caption: unavailable | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum skeleton models Barfleur 1740 models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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