Wiert Adels, mate on the kofschip 'De Bloeyende Blom'. He wears sailor's clothing and holds a gun in his hand. His arm rests on a piece of artillery. The Bloeyende Blom was hijacked by the French in August 1794. Adels recaptured the ship and brought it into Hellevoetsluis on August 5., Portrait of Wiert Adels, print maker: Charles Howard Hodges, (mentioned on object), Jacob Perkois, (mentioned on object), publisher: Willem Alexander Keel, (mentioned on object), Middelburg, 1794 - 1796, paper, engraving, h 311 mm × w 217 mm

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