Preview: At first sight there seems to be little connection between the two pictures offered in this edition of Gallery Notes, one a pen and wash drawing of an English warship and the other an oil of an expanse of lowlying, sandy country. In pointing seawards, however, does the barefooted shepherd not only help the horseman on his way but also draw our attention to the link between the painting and the drawing? For, to quote from the poem by Arthur Hugh Clough, 'Far back through creeks and inlets making/ Comes silent, flooding in, the main' - in this instance the North Sea, domain of Willem Van de Velde the Elder, the Dutch zeeschilder ('sea painter') and father of the two artists featured here... download document to read more.