Print. This is the print after van de Velde of which it is reported that J. M. W. Turner remarked, 'That made me a painter'. It is one of at least two images from the collection of Sir John Chicheley (c.1640-91) in a marine series of 'Sixteen Sea Pieces' engraved by Elisha Kirkall (c.1682-1742) and only titled in Latin with the collection ownership from which they derived when he did them. The British Museum suggests this was in the 1720s-30s, but it may have been earlier. Chicheley (or Chichley) was a rear-admiral in the Navy (see his portrait by Huysmans, BHC2610) but the original painting is likely to have been in posession of one of his sons when the print was made. It has sometimes just been called 'A fresh gale' and exists in both a blue as well as black-ink version (for which see PAG6875, another copy). The use of blue or blue-green ink is found elsewhere in Kirkall's work, including for other pictures in this series. While not common it was also used by other engravers. The original painting on which this example is based has not been located but the main ship shown occurs in very similar form and aspect in other gale paintings by van de Velde. [PvdM 6/22]