Britannia and Vigilant off the Royal Yacht Squadron — Canvas Print, Framed
Britannia and Vigilant off the Royal Yacht Squadron — Canvas Print, Framed
Model details
- Collection
- Amazing Ship Paintings
- Item no.
- AF04S
A canvas print of the great yachts racing off Cowes — the same image as our hand-painted version, at a lower price.
Specification
- Printed on canvas
- Stretched and mounted on a wooden frame
- Consistent reproduction
- Arrives ready to hang
Which to choose
The hand-painted canvas has visible brushwork and no two are alike. The print gives you exactly the image shown for considerably less, which is the sensible choice for a hallway, a stairwell, or a set of pieces hung together.
The yachts
Britannia was the royal racing cutter, launched in 1893 for the Prince of Wales and raced by three generations of the family. Vigilant was the American America's Cup defender of the same year, shipped over in 1894 to take on the British fleet.
Cowes in the 1890s was the centre of competitive yachting worldwide, and a race between these two off the Royal Yacht Squadron drew the kind of crowd a cup final does now.