October 10, 2023 • 1 min
The AGO is home to the Thomson Collection of Ship Models: over 130 examples of miniaturized ships spanning hundreds of years of maritime history.
One of the most important models in the collection is George Stockwell’s (1729-1805) 1774 model of the Bristol. Designed in 1768 and completed in 1775, the Bristol was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line built for the Royal Navy amidst England’s war to suppress the independence movement in its American colonies.
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British fourth-rate two-decker 50-gun warship: Bristol (detail)
1774
George Stockwell, (British, 1729-1805)
Georgian Model, scale1:48
The Thomson Collection
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
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