An English ship in a quartering breeze

A near view from abaft the starboard beam of a two-decker with the wind on the port quarter. She is under fore course with the sheets eased, mizzen, and fore and main topsails.

This is an unsigned pen and brown ink drawing by the Younger, over slight preliminary work in pencil.

Object Details

ID: PAF6968
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1685?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 243 x 200 mm; Mount: 557 mm x 405 mm