{"product_id":"20756","title":"\"The Windjammer Passat near Tower Bridge c. 1930 \"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist's Proof \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 36\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage size: 9 3\/4 x 15 inches (25 x38 cm) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaper size: 12 x 16 1\/2 inches (30 x 42 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(As Artist's Proofs, the prints are numbered using Roman Numerals, e.g. I\/XXXVI)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Flying 'P' Line windjammer \u003cem\u003ePassat \u003c\/em\u003eis seen moored in the Lower Pool of the Thames at London around 1930. In one sense the subject of the painting is the last days of sail, in another it is the luminosity that can pervade a river scene in the evening light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Passat was one of the series of 'P' ships including \u003cem\u003ePamir, Parma, Preussen \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePrimwall\u003c\/em\u003e, all built by Blom and Voss at Hamburg between 1916 and 1920. These large mostly four-masted barques were cleverly designed to sail with comparatively small crews carrying nitrate from Chile to Europe and grain from Australia to Europe, the aim being to create high volume carriers which could compete economically with the ever-increasing use of steam vessels. Their success, however, was short-lived and whilst the \u003cem\u003ePassat \u003c\/em\u003econtinued to work until after the second world war, making her last Cape Horn voyage in 1949, several vessels were lost and others became sail training ships. Fortunately the \u003cem\u003ePassat \u003c\/em\u003esurvived the war and is still afloat at Travemunde, Germany, where she is used as a floating summer camp for the young.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"S. FRANCIS SMITHEMAN (British, 1927 - 2016)","offers":[{"title":"Artist Proof - Contact us","offer_id":55616671187286,"sku":"FS07Passat-20756","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Smitheman_20-_20Passat_20-_20large_24f2b622-438a-4b21-8bd7-bb4fde476087.jpg?v=1791280127","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/20756","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}