{"product_id":"32917","title":"\"CSS Florida: Southern Colors in Northern Seas, 1864\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWatercolour \u0026amp; \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBodycolour \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eon Artist's Watercolour Board\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 x 20 inches (30 x 51 cm)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigned, lower right, \u0026amp; dated, lower right\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFramed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIan Lowe’s painting shows CSS \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e under Lt. C M Morris CSN. She is under sail and steam off the US East coast in 1864 and we see her firing a shot to signal a Union schooner to heave-to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e was built illicitly in England on Merseyside. Always intended for the Confederate navy, she was constructed under the name of \u003ci\u003eOreto\u003c\/i\u003e and based on the design of a Royal Navy despatch gunboat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaunched in 1862, her name was changed in the Bahamas to \u003ci\u003eFlorida \u003c\/i\u003eand she was commissioned into the Confederate States Navy, coming to be based in Mobile, Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e was a highly successful raider with nearly 40 Union ship victims in two cruises before meeting her end at Bahia, Brazil, at the hands of USS \u003ci\u003eWachusett\u003c\/i\u003e in late 1864.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #005500;\"\u003eTo buy the painting or reserve it while obtaining a shipping quote from us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #005500;\"\u003econtact  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #005500;\"\u003eCharles Mayes - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #005500;\"\u003ecm@marineartists.co.uk   +44(0)20 7352 7759\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #005500;\"\u003e - or buy direct through our secure website   VAT does not apply\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #005500;\"\u003eA larger photograph \/ full description is available on request\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IAN LOWE (British, Contemporary)","offers":[{"title":"Framed Original Painting","offer_id":55616623640918,"sku":"-32917","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Lowe_20-_20Florida_202024_202_20-_20large_20stamped_98ad686f-63da-406b-9478-b111391a9ca3.jpg?v=1791279887","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/32917","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}