An English two-decker becalmed

A port broadside view of a ship with the fore course loosed in the brails, the topsails loosed, and the main hauled out to a bowline.

This is an unsigned drawing by the Younger in soft rapid pencil. It has been very approximately dated by the style and watermark.

Object Details

ID: PAF6579
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1675?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Primary support: 204 mm x 243 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 560 mm