Model, Ship
- Title:
- Ship Model "HMS America"
- Object Name:
- Model, Ship
- Creator:
- Shipyard of Nathaniel Meserve
- Date:
- circa1749
- Material:
- Walnut, paint, metal.
- Dimensions:
- H-24 W-18 D-10.5 inches
- Description:
- Admiralty-type model of "HMS America" which was bult in 1748/49. Wooden model of hull only - great detail of hull and its accoutrements; cannon ports have movable covers, stern carved with putti, figurehead is a lion; no rigging. In large wood and glass case.
- Provenance:
- The commission for the ship was given to William Pepperrell as a result of the success at Louisbourg in 1745. He gave the commission to Nathaniel Meserve, his chief of artillery at Louisbourg and a shipwright in Portsmouth, in whose shipyard this model was presumably made. The ship was launched in 1749. This was Athenaeum #1 in the c.1830 inventory.
- Subjects:
- Ship Models, Admiralty models, Louisbourg Campaign 1745
- People:
- Meserve, Nathaniel (Col.), d. 1758, Elwyn, Elizabeth Langdon, 1777-1860, Pepperrell, William (Sir), 1696-1759
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Collection Name:
- Art Artifact Collection
- Item Number:
- C07.518
- Accession Number:
- C07.518
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the Portsmouth Athenaeum
- Credit Line:
- Portsmouth Athenaeum
- Participating Organization:
- Portsmouth Athenaeum
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