{"product_id":"10498","title":"\"General Washington's Wolfpack: Continental Army schooners raiding British supply ships off Cape Cod; March 1776\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned \u0026amp; Numbered Limited Edition Print\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 700, including 75 Remarques*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImage size: 13 1\/4 x 19 3\/4 inches (33.5 x 50.5 cm) Paper size: 18 1\/2 x 24 inches (47 x 61 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eA group of the small schooners leased by General Washington while besieging the outnumbered British in Boston in 1775. These vessels were only about sixty feet long and armed with a handful of four-pounder cannon but they seriously disrupted the British attempts to supply Boston by sea and even captured a powder-ship, invaluable to the besiegers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWashington manned his small ships with soldires who had some experience of the sea, such as the 21st Massachusetts who hailed from Marblehead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring March 1776 the schooners were operating together in groups of up to five. Eight were originally leased. Their career lasted until 1777 when the Continental Navy was ready to go to sea, some of its officers having first served their country in the schooners of Washington's army.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"GEOFF HUNT, P.P.R.S.M.A. (British, Contemporary)","offers":[{"title":"Ltd. Edition on Paper Unframed","offer_id":55616598901078,"sku":"-10498","price":105.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ltd. Edition on Paper Framed (UK only)","offer_id":55616598933846,"sku":"-10498","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Remarque Unframed","offer_id":55616598966614,"sku":"-10498","price":295.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Remarque Framed (UK only)","offer_id":55616598999382,"sku":"-10498","price":395.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Geoff-Hunt-General-Washington_s-Wolfpack-new.webp?v=1792603438","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/10498","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}