Description: | 1821
6
A4204
BSI/318
D. 16
IB
W.V.V.J.
d
One of a group of compositional drawings that combine pencil drawing with a loose, light wash, suggesting an overriding concern with the play of light and shadow. To the left is a port quarter view of a ship, flanked by two other ships lying dead before the wind in the middle distance. Several other vessels appear further into the distance.
Box Title: Van de Velde, Ingram No 6, 955, 957, 959, 961, 964-968, 974-975, 977-978, 980, 982-983.
caption: A ship getting under way and others before a light breeze |