The bowsprit of a small ship RMG PW6705, circa 1700
The bowsprit of a small ship
the bowsprit from the starboard side showing the foot of the jackstaff and the jib stowed along the bowsprit with its sheet coiled and hanging on the forestay (de schoet vand kluijf fock-the jib sheet). This is an unsigned pen and brown ink drawing by the younger. The bowsprit of a small ship. Date: circa 1700. Dimensions: Sheet: 221 x 343 mm; Mount: 402 mm x 555 mm. Collection: Fine art.