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Navy Board Ship Models (Hardcover)
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Navy Board Ship Models (Hardcover)
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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 recognised style, which included features
like the unplanked lower hull with a simplified pattern of framing
that emphasised 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 modeller's art. Today
examples form the highlights of collections across the world,
valued both as art objects and as potential historical evidence on
matters of ship design. However, it was only recently that
researchers began to investigate the circumstances of their
construction, their function, and the identities of those who made
them. This book, by two curators who have worked on the world's
largest collection of these models at the National Maritime Museum
in Greenwich, summarises the current state of knowledge, outlines
important discoveries, and applies this new-found understanding to
many of the finest models in the collection. As befits its subject,
_Navy Board Ship Models_ is visually striking, with numerous colour
photographs that make it as attractive as it is informative to
anyone with an interest in modelmaking or historic ships.
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