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Title(s):
H.M.S. Victory.
Published/Created:
London : Micromodels, Ltd., [ca. 1950?]
Physical Description:
6 cards : col. ill. ; 10 x 14 cm + in paper envelope.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 .M53 1950 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, Yale BA 1975, Yale MPH 1980
[Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
The Micromodels line was invented by Geoffrey Heighway.
Cover title.
At head of title: Three dimensional volumetric Micromodels.
"2/6, including P.T. Set S.V."
BAC: British Art Center copy in original illustrated envelope. Uncut and unassembled. Housed with 5 other micromodels (call number GV 1199 .M53 1950).
Micromodel of the H.M.S. Victory, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar (1805). Pieces for the model are printed on 6 cards (each 10 x 14 cm), to be cut out and assembled. The cards are enveloped in an illustrated wrapper, the interior of which includes detailed "constructional notes."
Subject Terms:
Great Britain. Royal Navy.
Sailing ships -- Great Britain.
Victory (Ship)
Warships -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Models.
Model ships.
Cut-paper works.
Recreations -- Great Britain.
Contributors:
Heighway, Geoffrey.
Micromodels, Ltd.
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