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HMS 'Inconstant' (1868) Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the 16-gun frigate HMS 'Inconstant' (1868), made entirely in wood and painted brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black above the waterline. Hull details include stern gallery windows, rows of square portholes, a rudder and a well for the propeller which is either missing or was not originally fitted. Other fittings include stump bowsprit, foremast, mainmast and mizzen mast, and two funnels, painted black. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame with bevelled edge. On bottom section of frame '6'. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR1003 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1868 Medium: pine; paint Size: 358 mm x 2249 mm x 56 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.