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Brig rigged corvette
about 1810 (rigging about 1840)
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Wood; boxwood
Dimensions
Overall (including cradle): 134.6 x 56.5 x 156.2 cm (53 x 22 1/4 x 61 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Templeman Coolidge
Accession Number32.142
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsModels
This corvette was originally a demonstration model to teach French naval cadets about sails and rigging. Brig-rigged corvettes were two-masted, square-sailed, armed ships that were widely used by European navies during the eighteenth century.
ProvenanceLent by J. Templeman Coolidge, 12/01/1927.