Two ships driving ashore
In the centre, a starboard bow view of a ship lifting to a sea. Her fore and main yards are aportlast; the topmasts are still up and the topsail yards crossed. A boat is pulling close on her port bow. On the left, the fore part of a ship, starboard side, showing only her bowsprit and fore lowermast. There is a ship at anchor in the right distance.
This is a pencil drawing by the Younger, signed in brown ink with part of the signature ‘W.V.VJ.’
This is a pencil drawing by the Younger, signed in brown ink with part of the signature ‘W.V.VJ.’
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF7001 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Velde, Willem van de, the Younger |
| Date made: | 1700? |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 219 x 277 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 557 mm |