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<p>[QUOTE="techbiker, post: 9285982, member: 60629"]Most of the time I purchase 19th century "2nd line" paintings. A couple weeks ago though I was fortunate enough to win a wonderful oil painting by Lt. John Frederick Warre. Lt. Warre apparently witnessed events of the 1839-1841 Syrian War as a member of the British Mediterranean Fleet. Later in 1841 he painted a series of paintings to memorialize them. His works even inspired a series of lithographs.</p><p><br /></p><p>My painting shows the British Mediterranean Fleet weathering a powerful gale at St. George Bay off the coast of Beirut in early December 1840. The center ship (HMS Princess Charlotte) was a first-rate ship of the line commanded by Admiral Sir Robert Stopford. The combined British, Austrian, and Ottoman fleet under Stopford had just defeated the Egyptians in Acre a month prior.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I unboxed the painting, the canvas almost fell out of the frame. On further inspection, I discovered that old amateur framing work had damaged parts of painting near the edges of the canvas. I rebuilt the shims in the frame to stop further canvas damage. Then after thorough testing, I wiped some of the grime off the painting surface with Gainsborough Products' Neutralizer solution and reset the painting. To my surprise, I discovered the initials "JFW" in the bottom right corner of the canvas hidden under the deep frame rabbet.</p><p><br /></p><p>A wonderful piece of marine history. Canvas size approximately 24" x 18".</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/9NrDsDB.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/299DM5D.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/0vO1FIa.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/qrkTI1e.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.marinersmuseum.org/2017/12/lt-warres-huangpu-river-part-1/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.marinersmuseum.org/2017/12/lt-warres-huangpu-river-part-1/" rel="nofollow">Lt. Warre's Huangpu River (Part 1) - The Mariners' Museum and Park (marinersmuseum.org)</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Frederick_Warre_-_Very_heavy_swells_causing_trouble_for_ships_off_a_coast.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Frederick_Warre_-_Very_heavy_swells_causing_trouble_for_ships_off_a_coast.jpg" rel="nofollow">File:John Frederick Warre - Very heavy swells causing trouble for ships off a coast.jpg - Wikimedia Commons</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stopford_(Royal_Navy_officer)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stopford_(Royal_Navy_officer)" rel="nofollow">Robert Stopford (Royal Navy officer) - Wikipedia</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%E2%80%93Ottoman_War_(1839%E2%80%931841)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%E2%80%93Ottoman_War_(1839%E2%80%931841)" rel="nofollow">Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) - Wikipedia</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Princess_Charlotte_(1825)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Princess_Charlotte_(1825)" rel="nofollow">HMS Princess Charlotte (1825) - Wikipedia</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="techbiker, post: 9285982, member: 60629"]Most of the time I purchase 19th century "2nd line" paintings. A couple weeks ago though I was fortunate enough to win a wonderful oil painting by Lt. John Frederick Warre. Lt. Warre apparently witnessed events of the 1839-1841 Syrian War as a member of the British Mediterranean Fleet. Later in 1841 he painted a series of paintings to memorialize them. His works even inspired a series of lithographs. My painting shows the British Mediterranean Fleet weathering a powerful gale at St. George Bay off the coast of Beirut in early December 1840. The center ship (HMS Princess Charlotte) was a first-rate ship of the line commanded by Admiral Sir Robert Stopford. The combined British, Austrian, and Ottoman fleet under Stopford had just defeated the Egyptians in Acre a month prior. When I unboxed the painting, the canvas almost fell out of the frame. On further inspection, I discovered that old amateur framing work had damaged parts of painting near the edges of the canvas. I rebuilt the shims in the frame to stop further canvas damage. Then after thorough testing, I wiped some of the grime off the painting surface with Gainsborough Products' Neutralizer solution and reset the painting. To my surprise, I discovered the initials "JFW" in the bottom right corner of the canvas hidden under the deep frame rabbet. A wonderful piece of marine history. Canvas size approximately 24" x 18". [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/9NrDsDB.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/299DM5D.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/0vO1FIa.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/qrkTI1e.jpeg[/IMG] [URL='https://www.marinersmuseum.org/2017/12/lt-warres-huangpu-river-part-1/']Lt. Warre's Huangpu River (Part 1) - The Mariners' Museum and Park (marinersmuseum.org)[/URL] [URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Frederick_Warre_-_Very_heavy_swells_causing_trouble_for_ships_off_a_coast.jpg']File:John Frederick Warre - Very heavy swells causing trouble for ships off a coast.jpg - Wikimedia Commons[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stopford_(Royal_Navy_officer)']Robert Stopford (Royal Navy officer) - Wikipedia[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%E2%80%93Ottoman_War_(1839%E2%80%931841)']Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) - Wikipedia[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Princess_Charlotte_(1825)']HMS Princess Charlotte (1825) - Wikipedia[/URL][/QUOTE]
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