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Portrait of the 'James Galley' (Drawing)
A kaag and pink under sail with ships at anchor (Drawing)
An English ship lying to (Drawing)
Portrait of a Dutch two-decker (Drawing)
Portrait of a Dutch bezan yacht (Drawing)
An English ship with the wind abeam (Drawing)
Two ships and a ketch in a sea scudding before a gale (Drawing)
Two smalschips becalmed (Drawing)
An English two-decker after launching (Drawing)
A vessel in a stormy sea (Drawing)
A dogger at anchor (Drawing)
Two Dutch ships at anchor firing a salute (Drawing)
Two English ships before the wind (Drawing)
Two pinks lying at the end of a pier (Drawing)
Two men trawl fishing with man of war and yachts becalmed. From an original drawing in the collection of A. Champernowne (Print)
Portrait of the Dutch Indiaman 'Zon' (Drawing)
Study of a boeier (Drawing)
Three smalschips and two bezan yachts under way (Drawing)
A Turkish vessel, lateen rigged at anchor (Drawing)
The figurehead and other decoration of the 'Charles' yacht (Drawing)
English ships before a light breeze (Drawing)
A royal yacht becalmed saluting (Drawing)
Portrait of the 'Dover' (Drawing)
A Dutch flagship at anchor (Drawing)
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