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A Dutch flagship lying-to
Intended primarily as a study of the arrangement and behaviour of sails and flags in a breeze, this pen and ink study shows a port broadside view of a vessel with flag and pendant at the main lying-to with mizzen and main topsail filled on the starboard tack and with fore and mizzen topsails half-mast high and aback.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAE5273 |
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| 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: | Primary support: 97 mm x 116 mm; Mount: 478 mm x 316 mm |