{"product_id":"22650","title":"\"Chasing Prize-Money: Jack Aubrey's Sophie running down a polacre\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist-Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition of 500 on Paper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage size: 15 x 21 inches (38 x 53 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist-Signed Limited Edition on Canvas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition of 150\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage size: 17 x 24 inches (43 x 61 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA resolute figure in a blue coat, hat athwart, stares fixedly into the morning light following every move of his prey...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is Geoff Hunt's own description of this wonderful image:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Aficionados of the Aubrey\/Maturin series will know this scene, representing the start of Lieutenant Jack Aubrey's long run of luck, as his brig \u003cem\u003eSophie\u003c\/em\u003e sights her very first prize and goes in hot pursuit. It is late afternoon off the Spanish Mediterranean coast; after a long chase overnight, Jack cleverly anticipates his prey's evasive change of course in the darkness, and traps her at first light. His brig is fictional; though both she and her actions are modelled otherwise exactly upon Cochrane's \u003cem\u003eSpeedy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpeedy\u003c\/em\u003e had nothing like this imposing spread of stern windows. As for the polacre, the term was applied to a variety of hull types and sizes, usually Mediterranean in origin and rigged with one or more lateen sails, but it meant only that the masts were in one piece - a pole in fact - rather than made up of several sections as are \u003cem\u003eSophie\u003c\/em\u003e's.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GEOFF HUNT, P.P.R.S.M.A. (British, Contemporary)","offers":[{"title":"Ltd Edition on Paper","offer_id":55616609222998,"sku":"AM02a-22650","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Framed Ltd Edition on Paper (UK only)","offer_id":55616609255766,"sku":"AM02aF-22650","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ltd Edition Canvas Unframed","offer_id":55616609288534,"sku":"AM02aC-22650","price":240.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ltd Edition Canvas Framed (UK only)","offer_id":55616609321302,"sku":"AM02aCF-22650","price":340.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Hunt_20-_20Sophie_20Polacre_20-_20large_20stamped_281_29_a2490e02-8a25-43fc-ac13-195f035def23.jpg?v=1791279801","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/22650","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}