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A fight in boats with Barbary pirates
A near view showing on the left a boat with Barbary pirates, one holding an ensign, one with sword and shield, one with a drum and two rowing. A boat crowded with Dutch or English is close alongside to starboard. A man standing up in the stern sheets is shown firing a musket.
This is an unsigned drawing by the Younger, in pen and brown ink with a grey wash. It is inscribed in a n early hand in brown ink ‘W.V.Velde.’
This is an unsigned drawing by the Younger, in pen and brown ink with a grey wash. It is inscribed in a n early hand in brown ink ‘W.V.Velde.’
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF6949 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Velde, Willem van de, the Younger |
| Date made: | 1685? |
| People: | Barbary Pirates |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 253 x 398 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 557 mm |
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