Study of a hooker

A hooker at anchor, viewed from abaft the starboard beam. The masts are shown as high as the hounds of the mainmast.

This is a pencil drawing by the Younger signed ‘W.V.VJ’ in brown ink. It has been very approximately dated by the style.

There is a good drawing of a hooker viewed from the port quarter in the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam (20).

Object Details

ID: PAF6565
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1675?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Primary support: 246 mm x 374 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 555 mm