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(More customer reviews)"The jewel of The Mariners' Museum's collection is The Miniature Ships of August F. and Winifred Crabtree, one of its most popular exhibits. From a primitive raft to a Venetian Galleass decorated with 359 carved figures, these exquisitely detailed miniature ships depict the evolution of boatbuilding in an unparalleled display of craftsmanship by artist/carver August F. Crabtree."
Crabtree, fascinated by the processes involved in shipbuilding, lied about his age in order to get a job in a shipyard building wooden ships. By the time he was twenty, "Crabtree had decided to spend the rest of his life building ship models."
Creating his hand-crafted, outrageiously detailed 16-vessel fleet of plank-on-frame models occupied him from about 1920 to 1949. While working on his models, he took jobs as a wood carver, shipyard worker, and builder of models for Hollywood.
An oblong, 21 pp paperback, illustrated with 26 color photographs.
Significantly, this is the book on Crabtree with the color photographs. The 1969 Crabtree book is illustrated in black and white.
Ships depicted:
- Primitive Raft and Dugout
- Egyptian Ship
- Roman Merchant Ship
- Mora of William the Conqueror
- Santa Maria
- Pinta
- Dutch Yacht
- Venetian Galleass
- English Royal Yacht
- English 50-Gun Ship
- French Galley
- Gondola of Doge Francisco Morisini
- British East Indiaman
- Armed Brig
- Britannia
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