Brig rigged corvette
about 1810 (rigging about 1840)
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueWood; boxwood
DimensionsOverall (including cradle): 134.6 x 56.5 x 156.2 cm (53 x 22 1/4 x 61 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Templeman Coolidge
Accession number32.142
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This corvette was originally a demonstration model to teach French naval cadets about sails and rigging. Brig-rigged corvettes were two-masted, square-sailed, armed ships that were widely used by European navies during the eighteenth century.
ProvenanceLent by J. Templeman Coolidge, 12/01/1927.
about 1730
about 1800–15
about 1775–1800
about 1843
About 1715–19
about 1780
About 1780–90
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