Ships in stays in a light breeze<br><p>A slight sketch showing on the left a lee bow view of a ship under topsails coming to the wind on the port tack. To the right, a starboard broadside view of a ship with her main topsail filled and fore topsail aback. Another ship under her stern, port bow view.
</p><p>This drawing, by the Younger, has been signed in brown ink with part of the signature ‘W.V.VJ’. The pencil has been strengthened with pen and brown ink.<br></p>
Ships in stays in a light breeze
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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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