An English ship in a fresh quartering breeze

A lee quarter view of a ship with the wind on the port quarter under fore course and mizzen and fore and main topsails. On her port bow, another ship is dead before the wind.

This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Younger.

Object Details

ID: PAF6916
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1675?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 200 x 300 mm; Mount: 548 mm x 380 mm