Two English ships before the wind

Two English ships before the wind. To the left is a near view of a ship seen from abaft the starboard beam running before the wind with fore and main topsails half-mast high. On her port bow is another ship under fore course with topsails and spritsail.

This is part of a group of 14 drawings cut from an album of Van de Velde drawings bound up by Paul Sandby.

Object Details

ID: PAF6901
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: Sheet: 204 x 297 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 557 mm
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