Church-ship model, associated with James VI (I of England)

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This shows the starboard rigging of a wooden church-ship model built in the late 16th or early 17th century. The model was probably constructed to celebrate the marriage of James VI and his bride, Anne of Denmark, in 1590.

The upper details of the model are disproportionate as the ship was designed to be suspended. The underwater part of the hull is diminished in proportion and upper details such as carved work on the galleries, the guns and blocks are magnified.

The model may have hung in South Leith in Edinburgh, in the church of the minister who had married the royal couple in Norway.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-310-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1993.666
• Date: Late 16th or early 17th century
  
• Material: Inscription: Taffrail: [monogram of Christian IV of Denmark]
  Church ship / model
  
• Dimensions:
• What: Church ship / model
  
• Subject:
• Who: Anne of Denmark
  Christian IV of Denmark
  James VI of Scotland
  Trinity House, Leith (Owner)
  
• Where: Denmark
  SCOTLAND
  
• Event:
• Description: Church-ship model, late 16th or early 17th century, traditionally associated with James VI and his safe return to Scotland with Anne of Denmark in 1590
  
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