Elizabethan Galleon, 'Elizabeth Jonas'
- Made:
- 1931 in England, South Kensington and Kingston upon Thames
- illustrator:
- Matthew Baker
Model ship, with full rigging and figure on deck. 1:48 scale model of the Elizabethan galleon, 'Elizabeth Jonas', built c.1600. Constructed by Science Museum model maker Philip Davies, in the workshops at South Kensington, London, in 1931. The human figure was a later addition made by Barbara Mary Campbell.
This model, made at the Science Museum, is based on the draughts for the 'Elizabeth Jonas' from papers known as 'Fragments of Ancient Shipwrightry' by Matthew Baker. The papers were collected by Samuel Pepys and are preserved at the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Details
- Category:
- Water Transport
- Object Number:
- 1931-190
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), metal (unknown), cotton (fibre), paper (fibre product), paint and rope
- Measurements:
-
overall: 1130 mm x 1450 mm x 570 mm,
crate: 1384 mm x 1658 mm x 689 mm,
- type:
- model - representation