{"product_id":"22707","title":"\"'A Time of Empires': HMS Camperdown opens fire; Suda Bay; Crete; March 31st 1897\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWater Colour \u0026amp;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBody Colour\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eWater Colour Board\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 1\/2 x 19 1\/2 inches (29 x 49.5 cm)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigned, lower right, and dated '21, lower right\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSold to a USA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrivate Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary painting of the little-remembered incident in which HMS\u003cem\u003eCamperdown\u003c\/em\u003e fired four salvoes from her massive 13 1\/2 inch gunsat Greek and Cretan insurgents besieging the Turkish-held Izzedin Fort in 1897 in Suda Bay, Crete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was the first time that one of the Royal Navy's new \"big gun\" battleships had fired her guns in action. Four salvoes of 1250 pound shells at the range of four miles settled the matter and the insurgents withdrew. \u003cem\u003eCamperdown\u003c\/em\u003e was an important and interesting ship; an Admiral class battleship, she was a real prototype pre-Dreadnought emerging from the ironclad era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer enormous guns were not carried in a turret but an open barbette, which must have made working them very challenging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIan Lowe's notes on the ships depicted and the complicated international incident that is known as the Cretan Intervention are available from us on request, Here \u003cem\u003eCamperdown\u003c\/em\u003e is seen with the Russian gunboat \u003cem\u003eGroziatstchy\u003c\/em\u003e to the right and, astern in the distance, the Austro-Hungarion torpedo cruiser \u003cem\u003eTiger\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHMS\u003cem\u003eCamperdown\u003c\/em\u003e is now best remembered for the 1893 fatal collision she was involved in after signalling errors by Admiral Tryon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIan loves to paint what he calls his \"steampunk\" pre-Dreadnought battleships with their \"tall funnels, ram bows, ventilators and pipes\". Here \u003cem\u003eCamperdown\u003c\/em\u003e has a classic Victorian scheme of black hull, white superstructure and buff funnels and masts, her red waterline outlined with white. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOMMISSIONING IAN LOWE\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 ian Lowe, 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 Ian Lowe\" and \"Price Guide and Timescale\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n","brand":"IAN LOWE (British, Contemporary)","offers":[{"title":"Framed Painting","offer_id":55616625181014,"sku":"AM14-22707","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Lowe_20-_20Camperdown_20-_20large_20stamped_89038174-1d26-48cb-8104-80214b3ea381.jpg?v=1791279900","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/22707","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}