State Yacht with Dutch Ships | Willem van de Velde the Younger | 1673 20th Century Furthermore

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An unbalanced diet caused an outbreak of scurvy and fourteen convicts died before the ship reached the coast of Van Diemen's Land on the morning of 12 March 1835

Gilbert captures the intensity of the battle through billowing gun smoke

in starboard-bow view

State Yacht with Dutch Ships | Willem van de Velde the Younger | 1673 20th Century FurthermoreA States Yacht in a Fresh Breeze Running Towards a Group of Dutch Ships. A group of Dutch ships are gathered under a stormy sky, likely representing the Dutch fleet off the Texel in 1672. The scene includes a fishing pink with six people aboard, possibly marking a shipping channel, and a bezan yacht beyond it. A man of war is firing a salute. In the foreground, a sprit rigged States yacht, possibly of the States General, is shown in starboard quarter