{"product_id":"10514","title":"\"The First Shots\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist-Signed \u0026amp; Numbered Limited Edition Print on Canvas in a choice of two sizes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 350 of each size\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStandard size: 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLarge size: 32 x 40 inches (81.5 x 101.5 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the day of the battle of Trafalgar there was a big sea-swell running off Cape Trafalgar (the extreme south-westerly point of Spain), but very little wind. Consequently, though Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson's fleet sighted the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at 6 am, it took all of six hours before the opposing lines of battleships got close enough for cannon fire. The moment chosen for the painting is at about 12:20, when the first ranging shots were fired from the French flagship, the \u003cem\u003eBucentaure\u003c\/em\u003e, at Nelson's 100-gun flagship \u003cem\u003eVictory\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eVictory \u003c\/em\u003ewas followed by a line of other battleships, but this particular viewpoint glances diagonally through the gap in the British line between \u003cem\u003eVictory \u003c\/em\u003eand her next battleship astern, the \u003cem\u003eTemeraire\u003c\/em\u003e, and through that gap we see three of the accompanying lesser vessels: from left to right the frigate \u003cem\u003eSirius\u003c\/em\u003e, the schooner \u003cem\u003ePickle\u003c\/em\u003e, and the frigate \u003cem\u003eEuryalus\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GEOFF HUNT, P.P.R.S.M.A. (British, Contemporary)","offers":[{"title":"Ltd. Edition Canvas 24x30 ins. Unframed","offer_id":55616618463574,"sku":"FGH001GC-10514","price":525.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ltd. Edition Canvas 24x30 ins. Framed (UK only)","offer_id":55616618496342,"sku":"FGH001GCF-10514","price":695.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ltd. Edition Large Canvas 32x40 ins. Unframed","offer_id":55616618529110,"sku":"FGH001GCL-10514","price":780.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ltd. Edition Large Canvas 32x40 ins. Framed (UK only)","offer_id":55616618561878,"sku":"FGH001GCLF-10514","price":980.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Hunt_20-_20First_20Shots_20Mystic_20version_20-_20med3_d430dd3c-011a-462b-bf91-06c565e39eba.bmp?v=1791279857","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/10514","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}