F2933-1

'Plymouth', port broadside Long Caption: Scale: 1:38.4. A contemporary full hull model of the British yacht 'Plymouth' circa 1755, built in the Navy Board style. The model is decked and equipped with a variety of fittings such as a rudder with a wooden tiller, capstan, deck gratings, companionway and stump masts (modern replacements). The decoration on the stern, quarter galleries and figurehead is particularly fine and is probably carved in boxwood. Also the painted friezes along the bulwark screens is virtually un-touched and in original condition having been applied directly onto the model itself. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR0494 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1755 Medium: fruitwood; brass; paint; varnish Size: 225 mm x 650 mm x 150 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.