Portrait of the 'Bonetta'

A starboard-quarter view portrait of the ‘Bonetta’, 4-gun sloop, built 1673, sold 1687. The positions of the masts are indicated. There are twelve sweep-ports on a broadside and a wreathed port between the aftermost two. It is inscribed ‘d bonnite sloep’.

Object Details

ID: PAH1865
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Vessels: Bonetta (1673)
Date made: 1678?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 233 x 358 mm; Mount: 481 mm x 633 mm