Two-decker 50 Gun Warship, Bristol, Georgian Model

Object Name
Object Type
Category
Ship Models
Date
1774
Medium
wood, varnished and painted; ivory or bone; copper alloy; glass
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Object Number
AGOID.106283
Location
Not currently on display
Model: 41 x 27.5 x 112 cm (16 1/8 x 10 13/16 x 44 1/8 in.)

Georgian Model, scale: 1:48.
Model: Brass galley stove in forcastle; name on stern counter; King George III figurehead in classical dress; capstan in waist.
Ship: Built Sheerness Dockyard 1772; 1776-1786 North America and Caribbean; 1791-1795 as hospital and prison ship at Chatham; 1810 broken up.

Signature
Signed on note recovered from inside the model: Geo Stockwell
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