{"product_id":"22624","title":"\"'Dispatched the schooner Pickle...' (Off Trafalgar, 26th October 1805)\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOil on Linen Canvas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 x 28 inches (51 x 71 cm)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigned \u0026amp; dated 2019, lower right\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFramed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe little schooner \u003cem\u003ePickle\u003c\/em\u003e, commanded by Lieutenent Lapenotiere, was given the thrilling task of taking the Trafalgar dispatches, the news of Britain's greatest naval victory, back to Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeoff Hunt has taken a great interest in the career of Lapenotiere, who he sees as \"a very deserving officer of whom no-one would ever have heard, together with \u003cem\u003ePickle\u003c\/em\u003e, had he not carried the Trafalgar dispatches home\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs it is, Lapenotiere is a famous name in the great Trafalgar story; as conventional reward for bringing the first messages he was promoted Commander and awarded £500 (for which he had to make numerous applications) together with his share of prize money and of the Government's special grant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLapenotiere was summoned on board the frigate \u003cem\u003eEuryalus\u003c\/em\u003e to receive his orders from Collingwood, now in command and using \u003cem\u003eEurylus\u003c\/em\u003e as his flagship. Peter Hore, in his book on HMS \u003cem\u003ePickle\u003c\/em\u003e, speculates that had Nelson lived he might have rewarded Captain Blackwood by tasking him to take the dispatches home in \u003cem\u003eEuryalus\u003c\/em\u003e but Collingwood needed the frigate for his flagship and, as he wrote, chose \u003cem\u003ePickle\u003c\/em\u003e as he had \"no means of speedier or safer conveyance with me at present\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Geoff Hunt's painting we see the moment, around 12 noon on the 26th of October, when Lapenotiere's little boat returns to \u003cem\u003ePickle\u003c\/em\u003e from \u003cem\u003eEuryalus\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003ePickle \u003c\/em\u003ewill depart immediately for England. It is a masterful depiction of the foul weather and high seas that still afflicted the battered ships of the British fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOMMISSIONING GEOFF HUNT \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 Geoff Hunt, contact Charles Mayes \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:cm@marineartists.co.uk\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003ecm@marineartists.co.uk\u003c\/u\u003e\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":"Framed Oil on Linen Canvas","offer_id":55616609190230,"sku":"AMO25-22624","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Hunt_20-_20Pickle_20-_20large_20stamped_0ea4b833-66e0-43f9-a657-1fb85770c14f.jpg?v=1791279800","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/22624","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}