L3538-002

'Intrepide'; warship; 74 guns Long Caption: Scale: Unknown. A model of the French warship 'Intrepide' made in plaster with wood, metal, paper, and cotton fittings, which has been realistically painted. The model depicts the vessel at 13.40 on 21 October 1805 at the height of the Battle of Trafalgar and shows damage to the ship with numerous shot holes to the sails, foremast, and jib. The ship is three masted, ship rigged with set sails. The hull is painted black with red stripes along the gun decks, white on the deck, and black on the deck fittings. There is a French tricolour flying from the mizzen mast and a French pennant flying from the top of the foremast. On a paper label: '57'. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK, Greenwich Hospital Collection Object: SLR2745.8 Artist: William Haines Date: before 1858 Medium: silk; cotton; plaster; paint Size: 240 mm x 330 mm x 150 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.