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Portrait of the 'Swan'
Portrait of the ‘Swan’, fifth rate, 32 guns. She was bought in 1673 and wrecked in 1692. She is viewed from the port quarter
A Dutch-built ship, with a small royal arms on the tafferel. In the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, there is a drawing of this ship also from the port quarter showing the stern in greater detail, though with the coat-of-arms left blank, it shows that the arms on the small shield on the taffrail above are the arms of Amsterdam.
It is freely and accurately drawn without the assistance of an offset.
A Dutch-built ship, with a small royal arms on the tafferel. In the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, there is a drawing of this ship also from the port quarter showing the stern in greater detail, though with the coat-of-arms left blank, it shows that the arms on the small shield on the taffrail above are the arms of Amsterdam.
It is freely and accurately drawn without the assistance of an offset.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAG6238 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Velde, Willem van de, the Younger |
| Vessels: | Swann 1673 [British navy] |
| Date made: | 1676 |
| People: | Velde, Willem van de, the Younger |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 300 x 457 mm; Mount: 481 mm x 632 mm |