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Three sketches showing the effect of the wind on the smoke from a gun
This is a pen and ink drawing by the Younger on grey paper. It is dated and signed ‘1706 augusti-W.V.Velde J.’
It is inscribed ‘ick heb genoteert wanner / met stiel Weder, d kannon / schoete gedaen wierde, ofte met / windigh Weder men groete / notissie moet neme als / hier boven aen gewesse / no 9’ (? I have noticed that one must be careful to observe whether a gun is fires in calm or windy weather, as is shown above).
It is inscribed ‘ick heb genoteert wanner / met stiel Weder, d kannon / schoete gedaen wierde, ofte met / windigh Weder men groete / notissie moet neme als / hier boven aen gewesse / no 9’ (? I have noticed that one must be careful to observe whether a gun is fires in calm or windy weather, as is shown above).
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF6692 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Velde, Willem van de, the Younger |
| Date made: | 1706 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 185 x 243 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 556 mm |