The bowsprit of a small ship

The bowsprit from the starboard side showing the foot of the jackstaff and the jib stowed along the bowsprit with its sheet coiled and hanging on the forestay (de schoet vand kluijf fock-the jib sheet).

This is an unsigned pen and brown ink drawing by the Younger.

Object Details

ID: PAF6705
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1700?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Sheet: 221 x 343 mm; Mount: 402 mm x 555 mm