Portrait of the ‘Adventure’ a 40-gun fourth-rate built in 1646 and sold in 1688.

The ‘Adventure’ seen from before the starboard beam, apparently with square decorated ports. On the broadside she carries eleven guns on the gun deck and upper deck and two on the quarterdeck.

Inscribed ‘d adventer’ and signed in Indian ink ‘W.V.V.J.’

Object Details

ID: PAH3900
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Vessels: Adventure (1646)
Date made: circa 1673
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 416 x 525 mm; Mount: 555 mm x 734 mm