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 1690
early 19th century
14th–15th centuries, with later additions
about 1730
about 1640
first half of 16th century
18th century
second quarter of 17th century
17th century
about 1580
17th–18th century
17th century