The action at Vigo from the westward

A smaller version of PAI7580, showing the ships in exactly the same positions; an English ship has been added in the centre foreground.

This is a drawing by the Younger in pen and brown ink and grey wash. It is signed in grey ink ‘W.V.Velde J.’ It is inscribed ‘Vigo. 1702 october de 12’, and in a later hand ‘D23.’

Object Details

ID: PAF6691
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Places: Unlinked place
Date made: 1707
People: Anglo-Dutch Squadron; Franco-Spanish Squadron
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 187 x 299 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 556 mm
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