DOI issue:
No. 331 (October 1920)
DOI article:Studio-Talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21401#0123
STUDIO-TALK
MODEL OF THE "MAYFLOWER " MADE
BY R. PATTERSON, OF LASSWADE, TO
THE DESIGN OF R. MORTON NANCE
(Photo, Royal Scottish Museum)
The model of the " Mayflower," re-
produced on this page, has, like other
models of famous sea craft already
illustrated in these pages, been constructed
by Mr. Richard Patterson, of Lasswade,
Midlothian, from drawings by Mr. Morton
Nance, and after exhibition in the
Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh it
was lent to the City of Plymouth last
month in connection with the tercentenary
celebrations. In this case Mr. Nance
was without the precise data which guided
him in designing his other models, as no
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definite record exists indicating"the exact
form of the vessel which bore the Pilgrim
Fathers on their momentous voyage to
the New World, and consequently con-
jecture has played some part in the design.
The vessel being referred to simply as
a " ship," he has assumed that she was
just the normal small trading ship-rigged
vessel of her time. The model as con-
structed differs in certain minor details
from his drawings, but on the whole it
represents fairly well his idea of what she
ought to be. It is believed to be the only
MODEL OF THE "MAYFLOWER " MADE
BY R. PATTERSON, OF LASSWADE, TO
THE DESIGN OF R. MORTON NANCE
(Photo, Royal Scottish Museum)
The model of the " Mayflower," re-
produced on this page, has, like other
models of famous sea craft already
illustrated in these pages, been constructed
by Mr. Richard Patterson, of Lasswade,
Midlothian, from drawings by Mr. Morton
Nance, and after exhibition in the
Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh it
was lent to the City of Plymouth last
month in connection with the tercentenary
celebrations. In this case Mr. Nance
was without the precise data which guided
him in designing his other models, as no
108
definite record exists indicating"the exact
form of the vessel which bore the Pilgrim
Fathers on their momentous voyage to
the New World, and consequently con-
jecture has played some part in the design.
The vessel being referred to simply as
a " ship," he has assumed that she was
just the normal small trading ship-rigged
vessel of her time. The model as con-
structed differs in certain minor details
from his drawings, but on the whole it
represents fairly well his idea of what she
ought to be. It is believed to be the only