Weißt du zufällig auch, was dies bedeutet?
Yes I have this one. When you look at both of them you can see similarities and differences(number of stern lights). It makes you wonder about researchers that give so much credit to paintings.You maybe know also this one?
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The Discovery as a hulk
Heightened with white and signed by artist, lower left. The ship shown is George Vancouver's 'Discovery' in her later career converted as a prison hulk in the Thames, apparently in the later part of it off Woolwich. It had done the same service off Sheerness for about ten years from conversion for that purpose there in 1808. See also PAD6034.
The Discovery as a hulk | Royal Museums Greenwich
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so you see, that the look of the stern i a pure interpretation made by the artists of this time
I'm thinking you are joking
. I did try a Google search on "Biidin" and google can't get by Joe.
Ivan mentioned, that BIIDEN seems to be a family name......
Yes, there appears to be some lettering in there. Bear in mind that the technique used by the artist to render the drawing consists of lines, and the intersection, density, and direction of these lines form a picture which includes shading at a particular viewing distance. It's the same technique used by copper engravers to create illustrations for many centuries. The problem is that the details up close are obscured by this technique, and the artist can only make a subtle hint of smaller details using the lines by changing thickness and directions. At the intended viewing distance, there is a hint of text. Up close, you can see the vertical lines that were intended to create that text, but the resolution is so low that it is impossible to tell what was written. There appear to be at least seven letters in the plaque. My best guess is that the name "Discovery" is engraved in a font typical of the time period. The use of ships names on the stern was practiced in 1789, but many make the mistake of putting the name of the ship on early 17th century vessels, because that was not the practice that far back. I am not sure what decade it became common practice, but I know others on this forum do.
Yeah, it was purely a guess on my part.Thanks Kurt. That had crossed my mind but I have almost as much trouble seeing Discovery as I do Biidin. Although if I squint real hard, maybe, just maybe
Really ?
Now you're just seeing what you want to see. Makes about as much sense as this...
Yes. At that scale, it's supposed to look like text. Unfortunately for use, everyone who knew what it said in long gone.
