Ships reaching along a coast with a fair sea running<br><p>On the left, a lee quarter view of a ship, probably English, under courses with the wind on the port quarter. There are three other ships in the distance ahead of her. A hilly coastline can be seen in the left background.
</p><p>This is a pencil drawing by the Younger, signed in brown ink ‘W.V.VJ.’ It is inscribed with an ‘L’ (light) in the sky.<br></p>
Ships reaching along a coast with a fair sea running
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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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