An offset from an unknown drawing of one of the Earl of Warwick's ships. It may represent the 'Lion' which was rebuilt several times in the seventeenth century. Inscribed by the artist, lower left, and repeated below in ink: een schip van Coninge / elisabeth (a ship of Queen Elizabeth).<br><p><br>
Commander A. B. F. Dawson R.N. presented the drawing to George V in 1911.<br><br></p>
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<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Willem_van_de_Velde_the_Elder" class="extiw" title="w:en:Willem van de Velde the Elder"><span title="Dutch painter (c.1611–1693)">Willem van de Velde the Elder</span></a>
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circa 1648 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1648-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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