Scale: 1:480. A model of HM Dockyard Portsmouth as it appeared in 1774, made entirely in wood with metal and organic material fittings and painted in realistic colours. The model shows all the principal dockyard buildings, and their relative positions in the dockyard. The shoreline is shown together with five slipways, four dry docks, two mast ponds, and two small enclosed ponds. Other dockyard details include the dockyard bells, sorted and stacked timber, anchor wharf, gardens, roads, and shrubbery. A small bone compass and scallion are located in the bottom right hand corner of the model and a second compass is drawn in the top left hand corner. Painted in gold leaf on model: "Portsmouth dock yard 1774", "Road to Portsmouth", "Common Hard", "Scale of 40 Feet to One Inch". The model is displayed in a bespoke top glazed display case.