An English frigate getting under way

A port broadside view of a frigate setting her topsails and her courses in the brails. A ship is shown in the right background with her mizzen and mizzen topsail set, but the fore and main topsails are loosed on the cap.

This is a pencil and wash drawing by the Younger, signed ‘W.V.VJ’. It has been approximately dated by the style and watermark.

Object Details

ID: PAF6604
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
Measurements: Mount: 186 mm x 289 mm