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dit staen / d seijle aen om bij d wint te gaen, of is goet om beneen een schip ofte ander te houde
An English yacht before the wind. A yacht viewed from the starboard quarter before a light breeze with mainsail, foresail and jib set, but sheeted aft. An inscription on the back points out that the yacht is shown before the wind, but with her sails sheeted aft as though the wind were ahead.
Part of a group of 17 drawings cut from an album of Van de Velde drawings bound up by Paul Sandby.
Box Title: Van de Velde 1675. Ingram nos 1124-1154.
caption: An English yacht before the wind | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | drawings Willem van de water transport: service vessel: yacht [British] Velde | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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