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.’
Inscribed ‘d adventer’ and signed in Indian ink ‘W.V.V.J.’
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Object Details
ID: | PAH3900 |
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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 |
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