Sliding Keels & Trial Cutter. Plate 1st

Object summary

Title: Sliding Keels & Trial Cutter. Plate 1st
Object ID: CC-C-18-64
Date made: 1800-1802
Place made: United Kingdom
Engraver: Greig
Object type: Engraving; Plan
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

Engraved plate depicting four figures of mechanical details of the sliding keel. This print is possibly from a volume of John Charnock's 'An History of Marine Architecture' (London: R. Faulder, 1800-1802). It was considered the most authoritative book on eighteenth-century shipbuilding published in England.

Inscriptions

Type: stamp
Location: recto, bottom right
Text: Clark Collection MIT

Type: graphite
Location: verso, bottom right
Text: C-18-64

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