Catalogue of the H.H. Rogers - collection of ship models, United States Naval Academy Museum
Year: 1954 Language: english Author: Avery F. Genre: Catalogue Publisher: United States Naval Institute Format: PDF Quality: Photo of pages Pages count: 133 Description: The Rogers Ship Model Collection includes 108 ship and boat models of the sailing ship era dating from 1650 to 1850. It contains scale models built for the British Admiralty and original display cabinets from the 17th century. The collection, bequeathed to the Naval Academy in 1935 by Colonel Henry Huddleston Rogers, is one of the most valuable of its type in the world The models are displayed with four dioramas which illustrate: life between decks c.1650, a ship model maker's shop c.1700, navigation and signaling c.1750 and a quarterdeck c.1800. The Rogers Collection models represent almost every rate and type of warship built between the mid-1600s and the 1840s, from a huge "first rate" ship-of-the-line carrying 100 guns to a "sixth rate" vessel of only twenty guns. In addition to the larger models, the gallery displays a royal yacht, an admiral's barge, and several ships' boats. Completed models may have open-framed or solid hulls. They can be either fully rigged or unrigged.
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Catalogue of the H.H. Rogers - collection of ship models, United States Naval Academy Museum
Language: english
Author: Avery F.
Genre: Catalogue
Publisher: United States Naval Institute
Format: PDF
Quality: Photo of pages
Pages count: 133
Description: The Rogers Ship Model Collection includes 108 ship and boat models of the sailing ship era dating from 1650 to 1850. It contains scale models built for the British Admiralty and original display cabinets from the 17th century. The collection, bequeathed to the Naval Academy in 1935 by Colonel Henry Huddleston Rogers, is one of the most valuable of its type in the world
The models are displayed with four dioramas which illustrate: life between decks c.1650, a ship model maker's shop c.1700, navigation and signaling c.1750 and a quarterdeck c.1800. The Rogers Collection models represent almost every rate and type of warship built between the mid-1600s and the 1840s, from a huge "first rate" ship-of-the-line carrying 100 guns to a "sixth rate" vessel of only twenty guns. In addition to the larger models, the gallery displays a royal yacht, an admiral's barge, and several ships' boats. Completed models may have open-framed or solid hulls. They can be either fully rigged or unrigged.
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