L0833

HMS 'Monarch' (1868) Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the turret ship HMS 'Monarch' (1868), made entirely in wood and painted light pink-brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black above the waterline with a second white stripe along the gunwale. Hull details include a ram bow, rows of square portholes, propeller and rudder. Other fittings include stump bowsprit, foremast, mainmast and mizzen mast, a single lozenge-shaped funnel painted off-white with an ochre top, and two turrets, each with provision for two guns, fore and aft the funnel. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame with bevelled edge. On backboard 'Monarch'. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR1001 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1868 Medium: wood; paint Size: 363 mm x 2234 mm x 187 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.