An English flagship becalmed saluting<br><p>This may be a compositional drawing relating to one of van de Velde’s late English period calms. On the left is a starboard bow view of an English two-decker becalmed. A flag flies from the mainmast and there are men furling the main topsail. She is firing a salute to port as a barge pulls away across her bow towards a galliot-rigged yacht seen starboard broadside in the centre. On the right there is a merchant ship at anchor with several boats near her. The drawing is unsigned.<br></p>
An English flagship becalmed saluting
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Willem Van de Velde, the Younger</div>
circa 1700 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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