Role Models – May 2023

19th May 2023

Following the last two newsletters on preparatory sketches for paintings and furniture, this one looks at shipbuilding. Naturally drawings for ships are immensely technical and have to be totally accurate. Before help from computer programmes, naval architects used templates and pre-drawn curves. We are lucky enough to have a draughtsman’s box full of such curves which belonged to
Wilson Chilton in 1820.

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A Fine and Historically Important Victorian Silver Tea Service Presented to the Naval Engineer Francis Pettit-Smith in 1856
Provenance  Presented to Francis Pettit-Smith by the shareholders of the Ship Propeller Company in February 1856 Messrs J. Stone & Co.(Charlton) Ltd Presented to the...
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Nick's 140+ Miles Walk from Bristol to Trafalgar Square
A very good friend is taking on an incredible challenge — Nick’s 140+ mile walk from Bristol to Trafalgar Square, starting May 21 and finishing May 28, 2025. This...
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