The 'Happy Return'
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The 'Happy Return'
Portrait of the 'Happy Return', viewed from close under the port quarter, the side only lightly sketched. Two rows of stern windows with a small royal arms between them. Very freely but accurately drawn to show the decoration of the stern. This drawing is part of a series depicting the journey of William of Orange and Princess Mary to Holland, November-December 1677.
Willem van de Velde, the Younger
Original size: 335 mm x 451 mm
- Image reference: PX6242
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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