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Two schmalschips and two hookers in a moderate breeze
In the left foreground is a lee quarter view of a smalschip with the wind on her port quarter. On her port beam, is another smalschip crowded with people and at her stern is an ensign. Close ahead of her, is a starboard quarter view of a hooker with her mainsail drawing, foresail shivered and lateen mizzen brailed up. On the right is another hooker running across the bows of the other. There is a Dutch ship at anchor in the centre background.
This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Elder.
This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Elder.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF6455 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Velde, Willem van de, the Elder |
| Date made: | circa 1658 |
| People: | Velde, Willem van de, the Elder |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Primary support: 182 mm x 289 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 558 mm |
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