Half model of a gaff-rigged gunboat

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1830

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een eenmaster. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten en gedetailleerd met een zwaard en drie puttings; één geschutpoort in de boeg. Het dek is gesloten. Rond achterschip, breed roer. Platbodem. De zeeg loopt naar voren en achter op, één barkhout.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-415
  • Dimensionsheight 23.8 cm x width 75.3 cm x depth 15 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Half Model of a Gaff-Rigged Gunboat
    • Half model of a gaff-rigged gunboat

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-415

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een eenmaster. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten en gedetailleerd met een zwaard en drie puttings; één geschutpoort in de boeg. Het dek is gesloten. Rond achterschip, breed roer. Platbodem. De zeeg loopt naar voren en achter op, één barkhout.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • scale, top centre: paper scale (missing)
    • inscription, top centre, on an oval white label: ‘PLATBOOMD VAARTUIG’
    • label, bottom right: ‘415’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1830

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 23.8 cm x width 75.3 cm x depth 15 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Documentation

  • Robert F. Cairo, Notes on Dutch Gaff Gunboats, a Provisional Report, uit: Nautical Research Journal, 1968(zie: R:\Documentatie\Artikelen\Cairo_1968.pdf)

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anonymous

Half Model of a Gaff-Rigged Gunboat

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1830

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on an oval white label:PLATBOOMD VAARTUIG
  • scale, top centre: paper scale (missing)
  • label, bottom right:415 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Restauratieatelier Scheepsmodellen, 2008: restored

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-415

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a single-masted flat-bottomed ship, mounted on a rectangular black, wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Above the wale the side is planked and detailed with a leeboard and chainplates. The deck is closed. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale is indicated, painted black. One gun port is indicated in the bow next to the bowsprit. The stern is round and fitted with a broad rudder with a hand tiller. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of one mast and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

This type of gunboat had a total armament of two guns in the bow.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 415.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 415; R.F. Cairo, ‘Notes on Dutch Gaff Gunboats: A Provisional Report’, Nautical Research Journal 16 (1968), no. 1, pp. 3-16

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Gaff-Rigged Gunboat, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1830', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053721

(accessed 24 mei 2026 13:46:37 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 415.