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Description: | Scale:1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the sailing cargo ship Dumbartonshire (1874), made entirely in wood, partly painted in realistic colours, the remainder polished a light brown finish. The hull is polished wood below the waterline, black above with a broad unpainted stripe running the entire length of the vessel on which is painted black rectangles resembling gunports. The hull has a clipper bow. Fittings include provision for a figurehead (currently missing), rudder and forecastle. The model is displayed on a rectangular wooden backboard, possibly mahogany, stained and polished a dark brown finish, and with a bevelled edge. Hand-rendered to bottom of backboard ?Dumbartonshire?.
CA: AAB. This object was sighted as being on display during the Collections Inventory Project (2001-2005). It will need to be checked for object numbers and its condition activity updated.
caption: Dumbartonshire 1874 - broadside | 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 Dumbartonshire 1874 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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