Portrait of the 'Portsmouth'

A port-quarter view portrait of the ‘Portsmouth’, 48-gun fourth-rate, built 1650, blown up 1689. Inscribed ‘posmoet’.

Similar in style to PAH1840 but less carefully finished.

Object Details

ID: PAH1841
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Vessels: Portsmouth 1649 [British navy]
Date made: 1675?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 275 x 439 mm; Mount: 481 mm x 634 mm