Portrait of the ‘Portland’, a 50-gun fourth-rate, built in 1653 and burnt in 1692.

The ‘Portland’ viewed from slightly before the starboard beam, with square decorated ports and, on the broadside, twelve guns on the gun deck, eleven on the upper deck and four on the quarterdeck.

This is a rapid but very accurate drawing, lightly rubbed on the back but apparently not an offset. It is signed ‘W.V.V.J.’ and inscribed in a later hand ‘The Portland 1678’.

Object Details

ID: PAH3919
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Vessels: Portland 1653 [British navy]
Date made: 1678
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 232 x 472 mm; Mount: 552 mm x 732 mm
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