{"product_id":"10388","title":"\"Captain Aubrey's Commands\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist-Signed \u0026amp; Numbered Limited Edition on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 250\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage size: 17 x 25 1\/2 inches (43 x 65 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePrints on canvas are varnished and are signed \u0026amp; numbered by the artist in black ink. Unframed canvas prints are supplied unstretched, rolled in strong cardboard tubes. There is a 2 inch (5 cm) white border around the image.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeoff Hunt in his book \u003cstrong\u003eThe Marine Art of Geoff Hunt \u003c\/strong\u003ewrites\u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This picture brings together vessels from different stages of Captain Aubrey's career in the Royal Navy. To the right is the 14-gun brig-sloop \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', 'serif';\"\u003eSophie\u003c\/i\u003e of 1801, his first independent command as 'Master and Commander'. A tiny vessel by modern standards, only 78 feet long on the gun-deck - scarcely more than a yacht - nevertheless her crew numbered between 80 and 90 all told.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt middle left is the 28-gun frigate \u003ci\u003eSurprise\u003c\/i\u003e, the ex-French corvette \u003ci\u003eL'Unité\u003c\/i\u003e, aboard which so many of Aubrey's adventures are set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the middle distance looms the 74-gun battleship \u003ci\u003eBellona\u003c\/i\u003e; while the ship at the extreme left distance, if an identity be required, is the 50-gun \u003ci\u003eLeopard\u003c\/i\u003e, lagging behind the others as 50-gun ships were prone to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll these vessels had a real existence in the Royal Navy under those names, except \u003ci\u003eSophie\u003c\/i\u003e. The vessels carry the appropriate flags for their respective stages in Aubrey's career; The \u003ci\u003eBellona\u003c\/i\u003e, for example, carries a commodore's broad pennant at the main. As for the setting, it is the Mediterranean, off whose rocky and scented coasts Aubrey spent so much of his career.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe also have an extremely rare Artist's Proof for sale, no. 16\/50\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GEOFF HUNT, P.P.R.S.M.A. (British, Contemporary)","offers":[{"title":"Ltd. Edition Canvas Unframed","offer_id":55617100054870,"sku":"-10388","price":295.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ltd. Edition Canvas Framed (UK only)","offer_id":55617100087638,"sku":"-10388","price":420.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Hunt_-_Capt_Aubrey_Command_-_canvas.jpg?v=1792489069","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/10388","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}