{"product_id":"21960","title":"\"A Scene from 'Treasure Island' with the Hispaniola - Warping into the Anchorage\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOil on Linen Canvas \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.5 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned, lower left\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the collector who commissioned this lovely painting, Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' had been his favourite story since boyhood and he jumped at the chance to ask Geoff Hunt to paint a scene from the book, featuring, of course, the \u003cem\u003eHispaniola\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeoff initially made pencil sketches of three ideas and this was the subject chosen. A colour sketch in oil was then painted for the client's final approval before the painting was undertaken. \u003ci\u003eHispaniola\u003c\/i\u003e is seen being warped into Treasure Island's main anchorage, a nearly land-locked harbour, by the ship's boats. Once there, she is almost surrounded by land.\u003c\/p\u003e\nGeoff Hunt's first problem was to reconstruct the \u003ci\u003eHispaniola.\u003c\/i\u003eItis vital to the story that the ship has three masts but Stevenson was writing in the 1880s, with nineteenth-century schooners in mind, while inthe 1770s, the approximate timein which the book isset, a three-masted schooner was extremely rare. Geoff Hunt in fact found only one example from the period and on this he based the rigging plan for his \u003cem\u003eHispaniola, \u003c\/em\u003ewhile he designed the hull to reflect Stevenson's very exact description of the ship's accommodation.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSimilarly, the famous large gun mounted amidships on a swivel would be very unusual for the 1770s.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe figures are particularly beautifully painted; those on deck look quite large, giving a sense that \u003ci\u003eHispaniola \u003c\/i\u003ewas not a huge vessel.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe golden-haired Jim Hawkins may be seen at the prow of the white boat.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommissioned through Marine Artists.co.uk for a Private Collection in Chile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOMMISSIONING GEOFF HUNT \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt Marine Artists.co.uk one of our main specialities is commissioning great marine and historical paintings forclients and collectorsall over the world\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo commission your own painting from Geoff Hunt, contact Charles Mayes \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:cm@marineartists.co.uk\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecm@marineartists.co.uk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand we will post or email you a free pack of information including our short guides \"Commissioning a Painting from Geoff Hunt\" and \"Price Guide and Timescale\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe commission process is very easy, straightforward and enjoyable\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GEOFF HUNT, P.P.R.S.M.A. (British, Contemporary)","offers":[{"title":"Commissioned Oil Painting","offer_id":55616607519062,"sku":"EGH93-21960","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Hunt_20-_20Treasure_20Island_20artist_20final_20-_20med_a2eb7084-bbb2-43ee-b728-0ade6b79448d.jpg?v=1791279784","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/21960","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}