The yachts following the Tiger

On the right, a ship (probably the ‘Tiger’) starboard quarter view before a light breeze, followed by seven yachts, one in the right foreground, another on the extreme left and five in the middle-distance. Between the two leading yachts there is a state barge rigged with a small sprit-sail.

This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Elder. It has been number ‘64’, altered from ‘65’.

Object Details

ID: PAF6939
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Vessels: Tiger 1647 [British navy]
Date made: 1681
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 155 x 445 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 554 mm