Ship Models (Paperback)

Simon Stephens

ISBN 10: 190347082X / ISBN 13: 9781903470824

Published by Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd, London, 2008

About this Item

Paperback. Spanning some 350 years, the Thomson Collection of historic ship models contains examples of exquisite workmanship and some of the masterpieces of the genre. Pride of the collection are the rare British dockyard models made to scale for affluent 18th-century clients closely associated with the Navy. A large number of models-made from wood and bone, with rigging of human hair-were made by some of the 120,000 French and other prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars. The shipbuilder's models extend from the mid 19th century to the Second World War, representing a diversity of both model style, as well as ship types ranging from tugs, dredgers and trawlers to cargo vessels, passenger steamers, private yachts, corvettes, battleships, cruisers, torpedo boats, destroyers and two aircraft carriers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ship Models (Paperback)
• Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190347082X
• ISBN 13: 9781903470824
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Spanning some 350 years, the Thomson Collection of historic ship models contains examples of exquisite workmanship and some of the masterpieces of the genre. Pride of the collection are the rare British dockyard models made to scale for affluent 18th-century clients closely associated with the Navy. A large number of models―made from wood and bone, with rigging of human hair―were made by some of the 120,000 French and other prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars.

Book Description

Spanning some 350 years, the Thomson Collection of historic ship models contains examples of exquisite workmanship and some of the masterpieces of the genre.