Le Formidable [Mi3]
Winchester, 1760
Painted wood with fabric rigging (H. 150cm, L. 140cm, W. 60cm)
Formidable was an eighty-gun ship of the line built for the French Navy in 1751. On 20 November 1759, she took part in the Battle of [...]
Napoleonic Ship Model [Mi2]
Southern England, early 19th century
Bone with fabric rigging and marquetry wood base (L. 90cm, H. 70cm, W. 30cm)
French sailors imprisoned during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-15) received a daily ration of half a pound of beef or mutton on the bone. [...]