
Navy Board Ship Models
Naval Institute Press
Published on 15. September 2018
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-68247-374-0 (ISBN)
Description
From about the middle of the seventeenth century, the Navy's administrators began to commission models of their ships that were accurately detailed and, for the first time, systematically to scale. These developed a recognized style, which included features like the unplanked lower hull with a simplified pattern of framing that emphasized the shape of the underwater body. Exquisitely crafted, these were always rare and highly prized objects - indeed, Samuel Pepys expressed a profound desire to own one - and today they are widely regarded as the acme of the ship modeler's art. As benefits its subject, Navy Board Ship Models is visually striking, with numerous color photographs that make it as attractive as it is informative to anyone with an interest in model making or historic ships.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Annopolis
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 268 mm
Width: 245 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1475 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68247-374-0 (9781682473740)
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Persons
Simon Stephens and Nick Ball are curators at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.