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Description: | Scale: 1:96. A sectional model showing the bow of the first rate 110 gun warship HMS Queen (1839), including the figurehead, catheads, positions of gun decks, and a number of gun ports. The model has been painted in realistic colours, the hull has black with the white bands connecting the gun ports on all of the gun decks. The female figurehead has been gilded and the foredeck has been painted an off-white colour. The principle purpose of the model seems to be the design and positioning of the figurehead, which is finely detailed. The number `2' is inscribed on the model together with a written reference in pencil relating to the South Kensington Museum catalogue.
CA: AAB. Note on modelo in pencil `S?M 1869 p99 458'. Entry reads `This is the Model which was made for the inspection of His Majesty King William VI'.
caption: Queen 1839 - starboard side
caption: Queen 1839 - port side | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich William Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Royal Naval College Museum Catalogue Queen (1839) Symonds IV models (representations) Naval Models Catalogue sectional models South Kensington Museum | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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