MIT MuseumObjects
Viewing Record 250 of 391Previous Record Next Record
Switch Views: Lightbox | Image List | List
Welcome to the archived version of the MIT Museum's online collections portal! This site was used to test features and content for the newly redesigned MIT Museum Collections site, which has now launched with over 106,000 objects. Please use the new MIT Museum Collections site for further research and discovery. Webmuseum.mit.edu remains online during the transition period but will not receive new updates or content.
Blenheim. Head & Stern
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: unknown
Place made: unknown
Date made: date unknown
Materials: laid paper; ink
Measurements: 10 1/4 in x 19 3/4 in
Nomenclature: British; ship of the lines
Classification: naval architecture
CC-F-0048
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: unknown
Place made: unknown
Date made: date unknown
Materials: laid paper; ink
Measurements: 10 1/4 in x 19 3/4 in
Nomenclature: British; ship of the lines
Classification: naval architecture
A study of the decorative head and stern of the British ship of the line 'Blenheim.' Three levels, of which two are balconies, make up the gallery. The tafferel and the lower frieze are decorated with mythological sea motifs such as sea horses, tritons, and sea nymphs. Carnival-esque and grotesque motifs decorate the transom above the rudder. In the illustration of the ship's head in profile, a king in armor is the figurehead of the ship.
CC-F-0048