A boeier flying the dutch flag is portrayed apparently setting her sprit in a fresh breeze, with a variety of shipping visible beyond to left and right. A boeier is a small dutch sprit-rigged seagoing merchant vessel with a deep sail and with a curved spoon bow, and the painter has carefully detailed the rigging. There is a group of figures seated in the stern, including two women, one wearing a red scarf knotted over her head and one in a white cap. A child leans out towards the water where the waves splash against the side of the boat, whilst a man wearing a broad-brimmed hat and with his back to the viewer leans forwards towards the sails. By the mast another man stands, facing away from the viewer, and bringing the sprit in to the foot of the mast. In the background the skyline of a village, including the steeple of a church, is visible. Although dutch craft have been portrayed, it may be an english port. Object Type: painting. Genre: marine art. Date: 1831. Dimensions: height: 87 cm (34.2 in); width: 134 cm (52.7 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: National Maritime Museum. George Chambers - A Dutch Boeier in a Fresh Breeze
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