An English flagship with a Royal yacht under her stern<br><p>A starboard broadside view of an English two-decker before a light breeze under fore course, mizzen, main and mizzen topsails and fore topsail lowered on the cap; a flag at the main. A yacht close-hauled on the starboard tack is passing close under her stern. There is another ship on the left close-hauled, and a third on the right before the wind.
</p><p>This is an unsigned pen and brown ink drawing by the Younger. It is inscribed ‘dit verkies is beter / Ao 1704’ (This choice is better. Anno 1704).<br></p>
An English flagship with a Royal yacht under her stern
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Willem Van de Velde, the Younger</div>
1704<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1704-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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