PrintsDutch18th century

Warship Firing a Cannon Shot

18th century

Artists

Cornelis Ploos van AmstelArtist

Willem van de Velde the ElderArtist after

Willem van de Velde IIArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and mezzotint

Culture

Dutch

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

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