A Dutch frigate with a quartering breeze

A lee broadside view of a frigate with the wind on the port quarter under fore course and mizzen as well as fore and main topsails.

This is a pencil drawing by the Younger, signed in brown ink with part of the signature, ‘W.V.VJ’. According to Robinson it is less skilfully done than other work of the same date.

Object Details

ID: PAF6545
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1672?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Primary support: 185 mm x 311 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 559 mm