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Portrait of the ‘Seahorse’, was built in 1694 and lost in 1705
Portrait of the ‘Seahorse’, 24-guns, seen from the port quarter, carrying ten guns on the broadside. On the tafferel, cherubs and other figures recline on either side of a globe, or more possibly an armillary sphere. The four stern windows are divided by two figures embracing in the centre, with single figures dividing the other windows, and a figure on each quarter. Sea-gods ride on horses (hippocamps) on the counter.
This is an unsigned pen and brown ink drawing by the Younger, with a grey wash over a preliminary work in pencil.
This is an unsigned pen and brown ink drawing by the Younger, with a grey wash over a preliminary work in pencil.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAH5024 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Velde, Willem van de, the Younger |
| Vessels: | Seahorse 1694 [British navy] |
| Date made: | 1701? |
| People: | Velde, Willem van de, the Younger |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 317 x 398 mm; Mount: 642 mm x 769 mm |