Sujet

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver-gilt nef, 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Silver-gilt nef; the hull, with two tiers of guns; the deck, which takes off as a cover, is rigged with two masts and sails; on it are musketeers and officers, two sailors in the rigging; on the foresail is a coat of arms, party per pale; dexter, the merchant's mark of Valentine Jeger, with initials V. J. in chief impaling a bugle horn stringed; crest, a bugle horn. Above the crest the following inscription: I "Valentin Ieger, A° 1661." The vessel is supported by a merman blowing a conch, on an oval stand of embossed shells. Height, 2ft. 2in. Baron L. de Rothschild'. A nef was a large medieval sailing ship. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A15_254

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

8,3Mo (338,3Ko) / 10,2cm x 20,4cm / 1210 x 2410 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation arts metal art ship ships British museum color silver ornament antique antiques collection century Britain newspapers press print artefacts artefact artifacts artifact B&W 17th century engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships Colour 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black Victoria and Albert Museum nineteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News Museum of Ornamental Art South Kensington Museum ILN newspaper Victoria & Albert Museum Unknown V&A V&A Museum 19th-century