L0770

HMS 'Viper' (1865) Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of HMS Viper' (1865), 2 guns, made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The hull is painted to resemble weathered copper below the waterline and black above. The lower part of the bow protrudes. Fittings include four stump masts and three square apertures amidships, which may all be gunports. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame with bevelled edge. On bottom section of frame: Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR0964 Artist: unknown Medium: wood; paint Size: 190 mm x 1052 mm x 96 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.