Sketch for the battle of Solebay, 1672, with a fireship about to lay aboard the Royal James
Drawing
1672 (made)
1672 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
The Royal James, flagship of Lord Sandwich, in the centre of the composition, was destroyed by fire in the course of the battle. A portrait of her, offset from a drawing by the elder, is in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. There is a drawing of the Burning of the Royal James by the younger, in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. There are also several paintings by the van de Veldes of this event.
Object details
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| Title | Sketch for the battle of Solebay, 1672, with a fireship about to lay aboard the Royal James (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and brown ink. |
| Brief description | Drawing, Sketch for the battle of Solebay, 1672, with a fireship about to lay aboard the Royal James, Willem van de velde the younger, Flemish School, 1672 |
| Physical description | The Royal James, flagship of Lord Sandwich, in the centre of the composition, was destroyed by fire in the course of the battle. A portrait of her, offset from a drawing by the elder, is in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. There is a drawing of the Burning of the Royal James by the younger, in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. There are also several paintings by the van de Veldes of this event. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed at lower left, by a later hand, in brown ink, W. van de Velde 1670. |
| Object history | Edwin Parsons (dealer), London; from whom purchased (with cat. no. 221) by the museum (L. 1958), 22 May 1890 for £0. 10s. 0d. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, Vol. 1, Cat. 219, illustrated. pg. 256 |
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| Accession number | D.187-1890 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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