{"product_id":"32863","title":"\"Final Encore: HMS Warspite at Walcheren; 1st November 1944\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWatercolour \u0026amp; Bodycolour on Artist's Watercolour Board\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 3\/4 x 20 inches (32.5 x 51 cm)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigned \u0026amp; Dated, lower right\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFramed \u0026amp; Glazed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHMS\u003cem\u003eWarspite\u003c\/em\u003e, known as \"The Grand Old Lady\", earned fifteen Battle Honours in her own right, more than any other major British warship of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this exceptional painting by Ian Lowe \u003cem\u003eWarspite\u003c\/em\u003e is seen towards the end of her final deployment, which was to support the Anglo-Canadian landings on the island of Walcheren on 1st November 1944. She is battle-scarred and showing the signs of her long service and the changes made to her after D Day. On this, her final day in action, HMS\u003cem\u003eWarspite\u003c\/em\u003e opened fire at 08.20 hrs. At 17.30 she loosed the last of the 353 15-inch shells she fired that day and returned to Deal, thus concluding her magnificent Royal Navy career. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe see \u003cem\u003eWarspite\u003c\/em\u003e here with the monitors HMS\u003cem\u003eRoberts \u003c\/em\u003eand HMS\u003cem\u003eErebus \u003c\/em\u003esupporting her in the bombardment.\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 cm@marineartists.co.uk\u003c\/strong\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":55616623870294,"sku":"-32863","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Lowe_20-_20Warspite_20-_20large_202_281_29_f9fb5dc6-707c-4d89-a399-1b9b62a3cd15.jpg?v=1791279890","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/32863","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}