A Dutch Greenlander

A Dutch Greenlander viewed from the starboard quarter. The ship has a round tuck and the tafferel has been left blank.

This is an unsigned drawing by the Younger, which has been rapidly but accurately drawn in pencil without any signs of it being based on an offset. It has been approximately dated by the watermark.

Object Details

ID: PAF6494
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1665?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Secondary support: 196 mm x 272 mm; Primary support: 196 mm x 272 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 554 mm