{"product_id":"22336","title":"\"The action between the British frigates Indefatigable (Captain Pellew) and Amazon and the French 74-gun Droits de l'Homme; 1797\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOil on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cb\u003e24 x 30 inches (61 x 76 cm)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis dramatic painting shows the early stages of the action, late afternoon; wild weather and snow in the air were recorded. From left to right we see\u003cem\u003eAmazon\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003eDroits del'Homme\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003eIndefatigable\u003c\/em\u003e. The ships manoeuvred in such close order that Indefatigable felt herself in danger at one point of being run down by the French ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDroits de l'Homme\u003c\/em\u003eis seen here with her masts and rigging still generally intact but a little later in the action she lost her fore-topmast and her main-topmast. Droits de l'Homme was a full two-decker 74-gun ship but the heavy weather in which this action took place made it impossible to open her lower deck gun ports. It can be seen clearly in the painting that all her lower gun ports are closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommissioned through Marine Artists for a Private Collection in Canada\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOMMISSIONING GEOFFREY HUBAND \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt Marine Artists 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 Geoffrey Huband, 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 Geoffrey Huband\" and \"Price Guide and Timescale\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotographs and images:\u003c\/strong\u003e We make every effort to ensure that our photographs represent the paintings and prints on our site faithfully but viewers must be aware that variations in colour and tone can occur according to the screen on which the image is viewed. Image is strictly artist's copyright - no reproduction without permission.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GEOFFREY HUBAND (British, born 1945)","offers":[{"title":"Commissioned Oil Painting","offer_id":55616621609302,"sku":"-22336","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Huband_20-_20Indefatigable_20photo_20001_20-_20large_20stamped_fd6422b0-a41e-4374-aaa9-81bafe9f8736.jpg?v=1791279869","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/22336","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}