Description: Black chalk, grey wash, 260 x 640 mm. Vertical folds. An irregular, almost vertical tear in the centre. Watermark: Fragment of fleur-de-lis (Heawood 1794). Chain lines: 31 mm. Inscribed in the upper left corner, in pen and brown ink, 1677 mandagh d.19/ november No.8. Numbered 6 at the top centre, in pencil. At the bottom, below each ship, a barely visible letter in pencil: a, n, L, j, f, m, g, expanded in pen and brown ink: d. an, d nafi, katrijn, porsmout, sarlot, meri, grauhont. Inscribed on the verso (the two lines are cut off): … ning nu uijt gesight, het geheel neu bij den andre … /… alle voortsettinge wat sij konnen dit het laest …

See the preceding drawing. This is the second drawing depicting the departure of William of Orange and his bride from Erith on Monday, 19 November 1677. Here too, the Mary and the Charlotte are on the far right, preceded by the Greyhound and followed by the Portsmouth. These ships are closer to the two yachts than in the previous drawing. The inscription on the rear states that the king is now out of sight, but some words are missing and the rest of the meaning is not clear. [Magnusson, Dutch Drawings no. 434]

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