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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A full hull model of the paddlewheel passenger vessel Princesse Henriette or Princesse Josephine (circa 1888) made entirely in wood with silver-plated metal fittings and painted in realistic colours. The model has sustained considerable damage with many fittings missing or broken, the hull damaged and paint surfaces abraded. The hull is painted salmon pink below the waterline with a narrow white stripe above and black above the waterline. The hull is double-ended with rudders at the bow and stern indicated by penwork. Other details include silver-plated paddles, black paddle boxes, intermittent portholes on two decks and a shelter promenade deck. There are four parts to the superstructure, the largest of which is placed amidships with rounded ends and a deck atop encircled by a passenger rail. The model is mounted on six gilded turned metal pillar supports.
CA: AAB. Deck fittings in polythene bag. Bob Todd, NMM Specialist Curator of Historic Photographs and Ship Plans viewed this model on 22 January 2007: "I regret to say I can get no further with determining whether SLR2749 is the Princess Henriette or the Princesse Josephine. All the photographs appear to show that they were identical, even down to the same decoration on the paddle box. I have been unable to trace any written description in the Denny technical records and the plans to not seem to help either."
caption: Paddle wheel - starboard broadside
caption: Paddle wheel - port broadside
caption: Paddle wheel - detail of deck
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 full hull ship models William Denny & Bros Ltd | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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