A DOCKYARD APPRENTICE MODEL FOR THE 34 GUN R.N.FRIGATE FAME

19TH CENTURY

Details

A DOCKYARD APPRENTICE MODEL FOR THE 34 GUN R.N.FRIGATE FAME
19TH CENTURY
The planked and pinned hull painted over the mail wale, scroll-form head, carved and decorated stern and quarter galleries, scored deck with details including gratings, bitts, belaying rails and pins, cathead with cast metal anchors, covered hatches, well deck with suit of fitted boats over, guns in stepped wooden carriages, bound masts with yards, standing and running rigging with carved wooden blocks, loosely mounted on a cradle stand
61 in. (155 cm.) long, approx.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 4 March 1970, lot 168.

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Lot Essay

This is almost certainly a model of the 34-gun Spanish “Fama” which was captured as a prize in 1804, renamed and sold in 1812.

We are grateful to Charles Miller for his assistance in compiling this catalogue entry.

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