The Rogers Collection of Dockyard Models, Volume IV by Grant Walker Available for Pre-Order!

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This fourth and final volume concludes Grant Walker’s definitive study of the dockyard ship models in the Colonel Henry H. Rogers Collection at the United States Naval Academy Museum.

Where the earlier volumes examined First through Sixth Rate warships, Volume IV turns its focus to a diverse and often overlooked group of models—merchant vessels, specialized craft, and ships that fall outside the standard rating system of the Royal Navy. Together, they reveal the extraordinary breadth of the Rogers Collection and offer fresh insight into the practical, commercial, and experimental sides of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century ship design.

 

Drawing on original archival research, period documents, and close physical study of the models themselves, Walker brings order and clarity to a collection assembled without a guiding taxonomy. Each model is examined in detail, with careful attention to construction methods, structural features, provenance where known, and areas of uncertainty where the historical record remains incomplete.

 

As with the earlier volumes, this book is richly illustrated with high-quality photography, supporting drawings, and comparative material that will be invaluable to:

 

• Ship modelers seeking authoritative reference material
• Maritime historians and scholars
• Curators, collectors, and serious students of naval architecture

 

The Rogers Collection of Dockyard Models, Volume IV stands as both a capstone to the series and a fitting conclusion to one of the most important modern studies of historic dockyard models.

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Edited 22 hours ago by SeaWatch Books

[Chuck]

I have to pre order this immediately....LOL.