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A diorama entitled "Rendezvous with Nelson" By Arthur Clark A clear bottom diorama depicting a well detailed model of Lord Nelson's flagship under full sail meeting the 36-gun frigate H.M.S. Euralyus and the British cutter Dart. Each model, is set into the glass sea and detailed with built up and painted hulls, planked decks, numerous deck details including figure heads, pin and fife rails, ship's boats, cannons rigged on carriages, masts with standing and running rigging, sails with seam panels (some furled), figures on deck, and other details.

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Lot 12
A diorama entitled "Rendezvous with Nelson"
By Arthur Clark (Hitchcock family, 20th century) A clear-water diorama depicting a well detailed model of Lord Nelson's flagship under full sail meeting the 36-gun frigate H.M.S. Euralyus and the British cutter Dart. Each model, is set into the glass sea and detailed with built up and painted hulls, planked decks, numerous deck details including figure heads, pin and fife rails, ship's boats, cannons rigged on carriages, masts with standing and running rigging, sails with seam panels (some furled), figures on deck, and other details.

US$ 10,000 - 15,000
£ 7,200 - 11,000

An Important Private Maritime Collection
Including Maritime Paintings and Shipbuilders' Models

14 Apr 2010, 13:00 EDT

New York

A diorama entitled "Rendezvous with Nelson"
By Arthur Clark (Hitchcock family, 20th century)
A clear-water diorama depicting a well detailed model of Lord Nelson's flagship under full sail meeting the 36-gun frigate H.M.S. Euralyus and the British cutter Dart. Each model, is set into the glass sea and detailed with built up and painted hulls, planked decks, numerous deck details including figure heads, pin and fife rails, ship's boats, cannons rigged on carriages, masts with standing and running rigging, sails with seam panels (some furled), figures on deck, and other details.
41-¼ x 23-¼ 39 x ¾ in. (105 x 59 x 101cm.) diorama in case on stand.

Footnotes

  • The diorama depicts the HMS "Victory" with the 36-gun frigate HMS "Euryalus", on October 21, 185, during a rendezvous off Cadiz on the southwestern tip of Spain on the morning of the battle of Trafalgar. The crew of "Euryalus" is shown rowing their captain, Henry Blackwood, to a meeting with Lord Nelson on board the "Victory".
A diorama entitled "Rendezvous with Nelson" By Arthur Clark (Hitchcock family, 20th century) A clear-water diorama depicting a well detailed model of Lord Nelson's flagship under full sail meeting the 36-gun frigate H.M.S. Euralyus and the British cutter Dart. Each model, is set into the glass sea and detailed with built up and painted hulls, planked decks, numerous deck details including figure heads, pin and fife rails, ship's boats, cannons rigged on carriages, masts with standing and running rigging, sails with seam panels (some furled), figures on deck, and other details.
A diorama entitled "Rendezvous with Nelson" By Arthur Clark (Hitchcock family, 20th century) A clear-water diorama depicting a well detailed model of Lord Nelson's flagship under full sail meeting the 36-gun frigate H.M.S. Euralyus and the British cutter Dart. Each model, is set into the glass sea and detailed with built up and painted hulls, planked decks, numerous deck details including figure heads, pin and fife rails, ship's boats, cannons rigged on carriages, masts with standing and running rigging, sails with seam panels (some furled), figures on deck, and other details.
A diorama entitled "Rendezvous with Nelson" By Arthur Clark (Hitchcock family, 20th century) A clear-water diorama depicting a well detailed model of Lord Nelson's flagship under full sail meeting the 36-gun frigate H.M.S. Euralyus and the British cutter Dart. Each model, is set into the glass sea and detailed with built up and painted hulls, planked decks, numerous deck details including figure heads, pin and fife rails, ship's boats, cannons rigged on carriages, masts with standing and running rigging, sails with seam panels (some furled), figures on deck, and other details.
A diorama entitled "Rendezvous with Nelson" By Arthur Clark (Hitchcock family, 20th century) A clear-water diorama depicting a well detailed model of Lord Nelson's flagship under full sail meeting the 36-gun frigate H.M.S. Euralyus and the British cutter Dart. Each model, is set into the glass sea and detailed with built up and painted hulls, planked decks, numerous deck details including figure heads, pin and fife rails, ship's boats, cannons rigged on carriages, masts with standing and running rigging, sails with seam panels (some furled), figures on deck, and other details.
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