Julius Caesar Ibbetson 1759-1817 from Yale Center for British Art, Mellon collection
If you have read and Aubrey and Maturin books this is a great scene right out of one of the books. I have a little wood sailboat I built a few years ago and I have it rigged just like this little boat.
Detail: sailor, small boat, wherry, ship, sprit sail, children, sea chest, ladies’ clothes children’s clothes.
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