F8946-001

Full hull model of 'Leon' (1880) starboard view, broadside Long Caption: Scale: 1:96. A full hull model of the cargo brigantine 'Leon' (1880) made entirely in wood with metal and organic material fittings and varnished. The vessel is depicted on ways with six figures effecting repairs to the planking. The hull is made plank-on-frame and with a number of planks removed on the lower part of the starboard hull. A makeshift working platform is erected alongside, supported on a pair of tall horses with a ladder. The vessel is fully rigged as a two-masted brigantine but without sails. The bowsprit is also fully rigged. Fittings include five yards on the foremast, with two booms on the main; two rectangular deckhouses with a small hose at the stern for the helm; and a rudder with a cable attached to it. The model is mounted on realistically depicted launching ways which has two sections of tree trunks stored on its left-hand side and is displayed in a glazed table top display case. On port and starboard quarters is ‘Leon’. On the label ‘Wood brigantine Leon 302 tons: built 1880 at Laurvig, Norway. Scale 1/8" equals 1ft (Harold A Underhill 1950)’. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK Object: SLR2510 Artist: Harold A. Underhill Date: 1950 Medium: wood; cotton; brass; steel; varnish Size: 497 mm x 622 mm x 256 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.