The yachts arriving at Ter Heide, 9 December 1677

The yachts arriving at Ter Heide, 29 November [OS]/9 December 1677.

On the left, a port quarter view of the ‘Mary’ (Marije) with a barge pulling alongport, bringing the Prince (de prins komt aende Marij). On her starboard beam, a port broadside view of the ‘Charlotte’ (de siarlet) with a pink and barge alongside in which the ‘Princess’ is about to leave; a man at the masthead to strike the standard (identified by the inscription: zijn hoogh gaet uit de siarlet). Astern of the ‘Charlotte’, the ‘Katherine’ (de katarijne) and further away, the ‘Portsmouth’ (de portsmout). A pink in the right foreground, pulls towards the ‘Charlotte’. On the right is the ‘Saudadoes’ (de soldaet) and on the left, the ‘Charles’ (de siarlet).

Object Details

ID: PAI7695
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Places: Unlinked place
Events: Third Anglo-Dutch War: Second Peace of Westminster, 1674
Date made: 1677
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 195 x 582 mm; Mount: 507 mm x 1010 mm
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