An English ship in a quartering breeze<br><p>A near view from abaft the starboard beam of a two-decker with the wind on the port quarter. She is under fore course with the sheets eased, mizzen, and fore and main topsails.
</p><p>This is an unsigned pen and brown ink drawing by the Younger, over slight preliminary work in pencil.<br></p>
An English ship in a quartering breeze
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Willem Van de Velde, the Younger</div>
circa 1685 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1685-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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