Unknown third Rate, two-decker (circa 1770s); stern board decoration.
Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the colour-washed stern board decoration for an unnamed Third Rate two-decker.
The central figure on the taffrail is a sitting female holding a snake in her outstretched right hand and a knife in her left. Below her is a larger snake. She may represent Prudence, although there is no associated mirror. The area between the two sets of windows has been drawn to look like the stern gallery balustrades of warships that used to have a gallery walkway. The pilasters between the upper windows are in the style of fluted doric columns, and the ones between the lower windows are plan doric. The quarter pieces are plain except for decorated taffrail looking like twisted rope, and oak branches with leaves and acorns spreading from the base of the quarter pieces up to the allegorical figure.
The central figure on the taffrail is a sitting female holding a snake in her outstretched right hand and a knife in her left. Below her is a larger snake. She may represent Prudence, although there is no associated mirror. The area between the two sets of windows has been drawn to look like the stern gallery balustrades of warships that used to have a gallery walkway. The pilasters between the upper windows are in the style of fluted doric columns, and the ones between the lower windows are plan doric. The quarter pieces are plain except for decorated taffrail looking like twisted rope, and oak branches with leaves and acorns spreading from the base of the quarter pieces up to the allegorical figure.
Object Details
| ID: | DIC0106 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | late 18th century; early 19th century |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 312 mm x 400 mm |