| Accession No |
1805.647
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| Name/Title |
MODEL, SHIP; TWELVE GUN BRIG
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| Brief Description |
This hand-made wooden model of a twelve gun brig (a) also has eleven canvas sails and detailed rigging. The model sits on a custom-built wooden base (b).
The brig was built by the English architect Gilbert Mackenzie Trench who designed the 1929 model police boxes which became famous as the Tardis in the long-running popular BBC television programme Dr Who. Trench, upon retiring from his position as an architect working for the British Metropolitan Police, lived in Whanganui from 1949 until his death in 1979.
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| Classification |
Model Ship/Hobby Activity/Recreational Artifacts/Nomenclature
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| Primary Maker |
Trench, Gilbert McKenzie (b.1884, d.1979)
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| Primary Prod Period |
20th century
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| Primary Prod Place |
Whanganui
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| Measurement Reading |
115cm
44cm
940cm
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