Model of French 74-gun ship "Le Romulus"

Made:
circa 1812

Model of French 74-gun ship "Le Romulus", (ca. 1812) in glazed case. (Prisoner-of-War model).

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Category:
Water Transport
Object Number:
1939-12
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
overall: 10.2362 x 5.9055 x 12.5984 in.; 260 x 150 x 320 mm
type:
warship and model
credit:
Mr. D. Powell.

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Model of French 74-gun ship "Le Romulus"

Model of French 74-gun ship "Le Romulus"

Model of French 74-gun ship "Le Romulus", (Prisoner-of-War model), c.1812.

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Most prisoner-of-war models were imaginative, and constructed from memory, depicting various types of warship rather than specific vessels. However, this model of the 74-gun ship Le Romulus, made by French prisoners in 1812, represents a genuine ship of the line in Napoleon’s navy, which fought the British in Toulon Bay in early 1814. It is a high-quality model, one of the few made from wood.

The donor purchased the model in ‘delapidated condition’ at a furniture auction in Oxford in 1927. After meticulous research it was painstakingly reconditioned in 1930, to conform in every detail to the contemporary French rigging. It thus represents an accurate example of a French man-of-war of the period.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1939-12/1
type:
warship and model
Glazed case for model of French 74-gun ship "Le Romulus"

Glazed case for model of French 74-gun ship "Le Romulus"

Glazed case for model of French 74-gun ship "Le Romulus", (Prisoner-of-War model), c.1812.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1939-12/2
type:
showcases