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Portrait of the 'Speedwell'
Portrait of the ‘Speedwell’, fifth rate, 28 guns. She was built in 1656 as the ‘Cheriton’; she was renamed in 1660 and wrecked in 1678.
She is viewed from before the port beam; a quarter-badge high up on the quarter. It has been identified from a very similar but a more finished drawing (PAH1843); it shows, however, a ship with only eight ports on the gundeck.
it is freely and accurately drawn by the Younger without the assistance of an offset.
She is viewed from before the port beam; a quarter-badge high up on the quarter. It has been identified from a very similar but a more finished drawing (PAH1843); it shows, however, a ship with only eight ports on the gundeck.
it is freely and accurately drawn by the Younger without the assistance of an offset.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAG6227 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Velde, Willem van de, the Younger |
| Vessels: | Speedwell 1660 [British navy] |
| Date made: | 1675? |
| People: | Velde, Willem van de, the Younger |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 226 x 429 mm; Mount: 478 mm x 642 mm |