An English ship before the wind<br><p>A near port broadside view of a two-decker before the wind under fore course, topsails and spritsail. The main course is being hauled up; the main topgallant is loosed on the cap.
</p><p>This is a pencil drawing by the Younger, signed in brown ink ‘W.V.VJ’.<br></p>
An English ship before the wind
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Willem Van de Velde, the Younger</div>
circa 1681 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1681-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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