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Portrait of the 'Happy Return'
Portrait of the ‘Happy Return’, viewed from close under the port quarter, the side only lightly sketched. There are two rows of stern windows with a small royal arms between them. It is very freely but accurately drawn to show the decoration of the stern.
This drawing is part of a series depicting the journey of William of Orange and Princess Mary to Holland, November [OS]/December 1677.
Van de Velde made a series of at least 56 drawings of the various stages of the journey. Most of them are at the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam. In the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, there are drawings of the ‘Happy Return’, viewed from before the port beam and from abaft the starboard beam. They probably show the ship before her rebuilding.
This drawing is part of a series depicting the journey of William of Orange and Princess Mary to Holland, November [OS]/December 1677.
Van de Velde made a series of at least 56 drawings of the various stages of the journey. Most of them are at the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam. In the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, there are drawings of the ‘Happy Return’, viewed from before the port beam and from abaft the starboard beam. They probably show the ship before her rebuilding.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAG6242 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Velde, Willem van de, the Younger |
| Vessels: | Happy Return (1654) |
| Date made: | 1678 |
| People: | Velde, Willem van de, the Younger |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 335 mm x 451 mm |