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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A half block model of the starboard side of a sailing cargo vessel made entirely in wood, painted and possibly varnished. The hull is painted brown below the waterline, black above, with a brown strake and top strake and a broad off-white stripe with black rectangles resembling gunports. The colours al seem to be considerably darkened by a varnish layer. The lower hull is made up of several horizontal pieces of timber resembling stylized planking. Fittings include a rudder. The model is displayed on a rectangular wooden backboard with bevelled edges.
CA: BAC.
caption: Sailing cargo vessel - 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 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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