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Warship
1775
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Wood
Dimensions
Overall (including cradle): 125.7 x 41.3 x 142.2 cm (49 1/2 x 16 1/4 x 56 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Templeman Coolidge
Accession Number32.184
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsModels
Corvettes were warships that carried fourteen to twenty-six guns and had a single, continuous deck. Usually ship-rigged (with square sails on all three masts), corvettes were smaller than frigates, but performed many of the same duties. An expert builder created the superb rigging on this model, which was used for the construction of a ship.
ProvenanceLent by J. Templeman Coolidge / February 27, 1929