An English Vessel and Dutch Ships Becalmed

An English two-masted armed ketch flying a white flag with Saint George's cross is in the right foreground. A small vessel, probably a 'weyschuit' (a small Dutch open boat with a straight raking stern, usually rigged with a sprit) is approaching her. There is a small Dutch ship, probably an Indiaman, at anchor in the left middle distance with a 'smalship' (a small sprit-rigged Dutch transport vessel) nearby.