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| Keywords: George Chambers - A Dutch Boeier in a Fresh Breeze.jpg George Chambers 1803 - 1840 en A boeier flying the Dutch flag is portrayed apparently setting her sprit in a fresh breeze with a variety of shipping visible beyond to left and right A boeier is a small Dutch sprit-rigged seagoing merchant vessel with a deep sail and with a curved spoon bow and the painter has carefully detailed the rigging There is a group of figures seated in the stern including two women one wearing a red scarf knotted over her head and one in a white cap A child leans out towards the water where the waves splash against the side of the boat whilst a man wearing a broad-brimmed hat and with his back to the viewer leans forwards towards the sails By the mast another man stands facing away from the viewer and bringing the sprit in to the foot of the mast In the background the skyline of a village including the steeple of a church is visible Although Dutch craft have been portrayed it may be an English port 1831 Oil on canvas cm 87 134 Institution National Maritime Museum BHC1137 http //www nmm ac uk/collections/explore/object cfm ID BHC1137 National Maritime Museum official site Other versions PD-old-100 George Chambers 1831 paintings Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London 19th-century sailing ships in paintings 1830s paintings in the United Kingdom | ||||
