Boat Model, Single Scull or Racing Shell, ca 1897
date: label: date made
content: ca 1897
notes: label: Description
content: This model represents a single racing shell or scull, a long and narrow rowing boat used by one person wielding two long oars. Sculls are built to be fast. They are rowed through smooth water, and steered by a foot-controlled rudder.
label: Description
content: The model represents a boat manned by Edward Hanlon Ten Eyck, a sculler from Worchester, MA, USA. In 1897, E.H. Ten Eyck was the first American to win the Diamond Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta in England. The racing shell was built for Ten Eyck in Putney, England by J.H. Clasper. The model represents a narrow racing shell 31 feet long with a double-ended hull; a sliding seat for the sculler; and outrigged oarlocks. Made by William Beach, World Sculling Champion in the 1890s, the model was given to James A. Ten Eyck. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1939 by James A. Ten Eyck.
topic: label: Subject
content: Maritime
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Transportation
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content: Ship Models
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of James A. Ten Eyck, Syracuse, New York
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.311808
label: catalog number
content: 311808
label: accession number
content: 152868
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boat, drilling
label: Object Name
content: scull, racing
label: Object Name
content: scull, racing, model
label: Other Terms
content: boat, drilling; Maritime; Skiff
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mahogany (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 5 in; 78.74 cm x 12.7 cm