Model of a 54-Gun Ship, Construction model of the hull, cut lengthwise and the two halves placed one above the other on a ground board. Various construction parts are numbered alphabetically. The starboard half is fully worked out, the outside is covered with skin, rests and damsels, and the inside with full bombardment, while the port half is cut open and shows the construction. Only the starboard side has gun ports, twenty and eight in number, five decks. On the finished galleon a crowned lion as figurehead. Twisted mirror and hollow wulf with two gates, fence and side gallery of two floors.

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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