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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Hamilton Palace and the Maritime Artist Edward William Cooke
Next month will see the publication of Dr Godfrey Evans\' long-awaited work on the collections from Hamilton Palace. Titled Hamilton Palace: The Dukes of Hamilton and their...
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Berthon International - Wick Antiques & Ship Models
By Charlie Wallrock, Photography © Wick Antiques Ltd, wickantiques.co.uk Just like ships themselves, ship models come in a wide variety of differing forms. Simple half...
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