A dutch ship trying to claw off a rocky shore
on the left, a port broadside view of a ship close-hauled on the starboard tack with only her fore course set; her main course has blown out of the bolt-ropes; a flag at the fore. Rocks in the centre foreground, with several men lying on them. In the right background are other rocks with a ship driving onto them. This drawing by the younger is signed in brown ink ‘w. V. Vj. ’ it is in black chalk and grey wash heightened with white on grey paper. A dutch ship trying to claw off a rocky shore. Date: circa 1700. Dimensions: Sheet: 230 x 292 mm; Mount: 403 mm x 557 mm. Collection: Fine art.
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