"The Deadly Blow" - HMS Victory's first broadside at Trafalgar, 21st October 1805
"The Deadly Blow" - HMS Victory's first broadside at Trafalgar, 21st October 1805
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Artist-Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Print
1.Edition of 300 on Paper: Image size: 17 1/8 x 24 inches (43.5 x 61 cm) / Paper size:
2. Edition of 200 on Canvas: Image size: 14 1/2 x 20 inches (37 x 51 cm)
3. Edition of 100 on Canvas: Image size: 20 1/8 x 28 inches (51 x 71 cm)
4. Edition of 50 on Canvas: Image size: 30 1/3 x 42 inches (76.5 x 107 cm)
An exceptional, large-size canvas in a very small edition of only 50 worldwide. Makes a major statement picture in a large room, especially when paired with "Nelson's Patent Bridge".
Unframed prints on paper are supplied rolled in strong cardboard tubes.
Unframed canvas prints are supplied unstretched, rolled in strong cardboard tubes. There is a 2 inch (5 cm) white border around the image.
This magnificent picture is one of the great Geoff Hunt pictures of Trafalgar. It could be said to be his last word on the great battle, in the sense that this canvas depicts the culminating moment of Nelson’s plan, as the flagship HMSVictory is at last able to strike back at the enemies who have tormented her with gunfire during her long approach to the opposing fleet’s lines.
Perhaps no artist has painted as many aspects of Trafalgar as Geoff Hunt has. Because of Geoff’s meticulous research it is almost certain that no painter has understood the battle so profoundly.
Concentrating as it does on the great first broadside that devastated the French shipBucentaure, the painting shows the symbolic moment when the balance of that high-stakes battle changed in the favour of Britain and Nelson. Of course, there is another story as well. Not long after this great moment, Lord Nelson was shot and he died later that afternoon at the moment of complete victory. This stupendous thunder of Victory’s port guns was both his highest point as a commander and the moment when the admiral’s legend was truly born – the Immortal Memory that we recall over two hundred years later.
On the left of the painting, through the gunsmoke, we see ships of Collingwood's Lee Column moving up to the attack.
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Framing
Framing
PRINTS & PAINTINGS ON PAPER
We use a simple classic frame, gold finish over a black ground, approximately 1 3/4 inches (4.4 cm) in width with off-white acid-free mount 2 1/2 to 3 inches (6.5 - 7.5 cm) wide. Pictures are framed under glass and fitted with wire ready for hanging.
For larger pictures that are to be shipped we can use perspex instead of glass for security in transit - we may contact you to discuss this. Frame example shown above.
PRINTS & PAINTINGS ON CANVAS
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For pictures on canvas we use a simple classic frame with a gold finish and a white slip next to the canvas, approximately 3 1/2 inches (9 cm) in width. Pictures are framed like an oil painting with no glass and fitted with wire ready for hanging. Frame example shown above.
Shipping
Shipping
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UNFRAMED PRINTS
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- EU - £20
- USA & Rest of World - £25
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- Framed pictures: 10 working days
- Remarque prints: can require up to 10 working days
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