Reisverslag met een portret van de pijprokende scheepsarts dr. Hamaker Possibly 1880 - 1889

This pencil sketch, created by Dutch artist Louis Apol sometime between 1880 and 1889, is a portrait of Dr. Hamaker, a ship's doctor. The image is part of Apol’s travel journal and depicts Hamaker smoking a pipe, a detail often used to signify wisdom and experience. The loose, gestural lines of the sketch are characteristic of Apol’s work, and the intimate scale of the piece suggests it was a personal observation of the doctor rather than a formal commission. The sketch, now located in the Rijksmuseum, offers a glimpse into both the artist’s process and the life of a 19th-century seafarer.