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Description: | A near view showing on the left a boat with Barbary pirates, one holding an ensign, one with sword and shield, one with a drum and two rowing. A boat crowded with Dutch or English is close alongside to starboard. A man standing up in the stern sheets is shown firing a musket.
This is an unsigned drawing by the Younger, in pen and brown ink with a grey wash. It is inscribed in a n early hand in brown ink ?W.V.Velde.?
Box Title: Van de Velde 1685. Ingram nos 1225-1265.
caption: A fight in boats with Barbary pirates | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | drawings Barbary Pirates | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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