The life of ships » Willem van de Velde the Younger, A States Yacht in a Fresh Breeze Running Towards a Group of Dutch Ships, 1673. ©National Maritime Museum, London, supplied by the Public Catalogue Foundation

Willem van de Velde the Younger, A States Yacht in a Fresh Breeze Running Towards a Group of Dutch Ships, 1673. ©National Maritime Museum, London, supplied by the Public Catalogue Foundation

Willem van de Velde the Younger, A States Yacht in a Fresh Breeze Running Towards a Group of Dutch Ships, 1673. ©National Maritime Museum, London, supplied by the Public Catalogue Foundation

Willem van de Velde the Younger, A Dutch Flagship Coming to Anchor with a States Yacht Before a Light Air, 1658. ©National Maritime Museum, London, supplied by the Public Catalogue Foundation
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

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