{"product_id":"20785","title":"\"The Flying Cloud's brush with the N.B. Palmer in the South Atlantic, July 1st 1852\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited Edition Print on Paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition on Paper of 50\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage size: 15 x 22 1\/2 inches (38 x 57 cm) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaper size: 19 1\/4 x 26 1\/2 inches (49 x 67 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition on Canvas of 20\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage size: 24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.5 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most celebrated of the American great clippers, the \u003cem\u003eFlying Cloud \u003c\/em\u003ewas the largest merchantman yet built and was claimed to be 'destined to make a new era in shipbuilding all over the world'. Of her Longfellow wrote:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'She starts, - she moves, - she seems to feel \/the thrill of life along her keel,\/ and, spurning with her foot the ground, \/with one exulting joyous bound, she leaps into the ocean's arms.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Limited Edition illustrates a well-documented 'brush' with another famous clipper, the N.B. \u003cem\u003ePalmer\u003c\/em\u003e. Both ships were bound from New York to San Francisco. The \u003cem\u003eCloud \u003c\/em\u003eleft eight days ahead of its rival and yet Captain Low in the \u003cem\u003ePalmer \u003c\/em\u003emanaged to catch up with the ship at 32° South. Captain Cressy challenged by the \u003cem\u003ePalmer's \u003c\/em\u003eperformance crammed on all sail to the studding sails (extra square sails run out on extensions to the yards) and left the \u003cem\u003ePalmer \u003c\/em\u003ebehind for good. In fact in her day the \u003cem\u003eFlying Cloud \u003c\/em\u003ewas the fastest clipper afloat, able to average 15 I\/2 knots over a 374 nautical mile run, at times exceeding 18 knots.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"S. FRANCIS SMITHEMAN (British, 1927 - 2016)","offers":[{"title":"Ltd. Edition on Paper - Contact us","offer_id":55616671646038,"sku":"KFS10Flying-20785","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ltd. Edition Canvas - Contact us","offer_id":55616671678806,"sku":"KFS10FlyingC-20785","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Smitheman_20-_20Flying_20Cloud_20-_20large_20stamped_281_29_dc229050-1759-4767-932f-1ade4debb4c6.jpg?v=1791280127","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/20785","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}