Portrait of the 'Constant Reformation'

This is a portrait of the ‘Constant Reformation’ viewed from the port quarter.

There is a comparable drawing in the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam (see MB1866/ T 400) which probably shows one of Prince Rupert’s ships at Hellevoetusluis in 1648-49. The drawing is a faint offset, rubbed on the back and worked up in considerable detail and with pencil and heavy wash. A large correction has been made by the luff of the ship in order to show the whole number of guns on the gundeck.

Object Details

ID: PAI7253
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Vessels: Constant Reformation 1619 [British navy]
Date made: 1648
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Mount: 450 mm x 689 mm
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