backhuysen's

Updated: October 31, 2025

She was covered all over with gilt carvings, the deckhouse in the stern especially, and looked as if she had started freshly painted out of one of Backhuysen's pictures. Once on board her, a legion of horses towed her along, full trot, and I went to bed.

Prince De Joinville - Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville