The life of ships » Dutch Shipping in a Heavy Swell with a Small Hoeker under a Half-Lowered Mainsail, and with a School of Porpoises in the Foreground

Dutch Shipping in a Heavy Swell with a Small Hoeker under a Half-Lowered Mainsail, and with a School of Porpoises in the Foreground

Dutch Shipping in a Heavy Swell with a Small Hoeker under a Half-Lowered Mainsail, and with a School of Porpoises in the Foreground

Willem van de Velde the Younger, A Dutch Three-Master and a Boeier in the Foreground, Her Mainsail Being Lowered in Stormy Weather, c. 1670. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax on the estate of the late Edna, Lady Samuel of Wych Cross, and allocated to the National Trust for display at Buckland Abbey. Image supplied by the Public Catalogue Foundation
Willem van de Velde the Younger, A Dutch Ship and Other Small Vessels in a Strong Breeze, 1658. ©The National Gallery, London, supplied by the Public Catalogue Foundation

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