An English ship before the wind<br><p>A starboard broadside view of a ship before the wind under courses and topsails. In the right background, there is a ship close-hauled on the starboard tack.
</p><p>This is a pencil and wash drawing by the Younger, with the false signature ‘W V V’. It is inscribed with an ‘L’ (light) in the main topsail.<br></p>
An English ship before the wind
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Willem Van de Velde, the Younger</div>
circa 1675 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1675-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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