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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">I have at my desk an assembled model of HMS Victory, similar to this:
</span><a href="https://modelshipworld.com/topic/7688-shipyard-hms-alert-1777-196-scale-paper-model-kit/">https://modelshipworld.com/topic/7688-shipyard-hms-alert-1777-196-scale-paper-model-kit/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">I’m debating whether to describe it as primarily the work of the kit manufacturer (a Polish firm) or as the work of the local fellow who assembled it, with some modifications and supplements to
the manufacturer’s design. Put another way: should I treat this as a multiple, or as a unique object? (If
<i>unassembled</i>, the decision would be easy.) The decision affects a host of fields, including main entry, place, and date.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">On a less complicated note: Does anyone know of an established relationship designator to convey the role of model maker? I haven’t found one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">I’m keen to hear your perspectives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">-Francis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">(I recognize that this a special collections cataloging question, not strictly DCRM.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Francis Lapka<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Senior Catalogue Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Yale Center for British Art<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">203-432-9672 ·
</span><a href="mailto:francis.lapka@yale.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">francis.lapka@yale.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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