A royal yacht close-hauled in a fresh breeze RMG PW6996

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A royal yacht close-hauled in a fresh breeze RMG PW6996

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A royal yacht close-hauled in a fresh breeze
In the left foreground, a lee bow view of a yacht close-hauled on the port tack under mainsail, foresail and jib. In the background, a ship with flag at the main, dead before the wind under clewed courses and topsails lowered on the cap.
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.

A royal yacht close-hauled in a fresh breeze

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1800
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Royal collection of the United Kingdom
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drawings by willem van de velde ii
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