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BSI/487
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l (for light)
This drawing belongs to a group of compositional studies that combine pencil drawing with a loose, light wash. In the right foreground two men in a boat tie a line, leading from a small ship in the middle distance, to a wooden mooring, or dolphin. Another rowing boat approaches the ship as other vessels lie becalmed in the distance.
The drawing is inscribed twice in the sky: ?L? to indicate the direction of the light.
Box Title: Van de Velde, Ingram No 6, 955, 957, 959, 961, 964-968, 974-975, 977-978, 980, 982-983.
caption: A boat taking a line from a ship to a dolphin |