We have been advised by experts in maritime history that our Willem Van De Velde II drawing is of historical significance and the only
known drawing that gives the accurate measurements and the correct view of Charles II’s royal yacht, The Henrietta, of 1679.
We are grateful to Kelvin Moneypenny and Dorin Paul Bucur for their invaluable contribution in identifying the vessel in our drawing as Charles II’s The Henrietta. The Royal Yacht Henrietta of 1679: Identification and Principal Dimensions, published in The Society For Nautical Research, The Mariner’s Mirror, Volume 100, Issue 2 (May 2014), Pages 132-146, Published online May 16, 2014.

Link to Article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2014.901696

We are grateful to Effie Moneypenny and Simon Stephens (2018) A Model of The Royal Yacht Henrietta about 1679: Description and identification, The Mariner’s Mirror, 104:2, 172-191, DOI:10.1080/00253359.2018.1453649

Link to Article: https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2018.1453649

A son of Willem van de Velde the Elder, also a painter of sea-pieces, Willem van de Velde, the younger, was instructed by his father, and afterwards by Simon de Vlieger, a marine painter of repute at the time, and had achieved great celebrity by his art before he came to London. In 1673 he moved to England, where he was engaged by Charles II, at a salary of £100, to aid his father in “taking and making draughts of sea-fights”, his part of the work being to reproduce in color the drawings of the elder van de Velde. He was also patronized by the Duke of York and by various members of the nobility.