UNIQUE LIMITED EDITION PRINTS
Eric McGraffin's
'SHIPS OF THE FIRST FLEET'
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The 'Ships of the First Fleet' print series are reproduced from original paintings by internationally reknowned
historical marine artist Eric McGraffin.
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now for posterity these fabulous Limited Edition prints never before
produced in such incredible detail by a world reknowned artist.
SPECIFICATIONS
Print: GODLEN GROVE
Series: Ships of the First Fleet
Artist: Eric McGraffin
Paper Size: 660mm
x 508mm
Image Size: 500mm x 400mm
This print comes as new and unframed
The Print - GOLDEN GROVE
Shown unloading supplies and livestock in Sydney Cove.
A fully rigged ship of 375 tons, she was built at Whitby in 1780 and was used as a supplies storeship.
She carried the Chaplain and his wife.
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The Series - THE FIRST FLEET
At the outset, the most difficult task of painting the First Fleet was not what to paint but what not to paint. With such a rich historical tapestry and so much story of that epic journey from which to choose, I had to edit ruthlessly.
I spent many hours researching the subject matter, using scetches and plan drawings made by those who sailed in the Fleet, and examining marine archives.
To my knowledge, the First Fleet has never been painted in its entirety. Certainly particular ships have been painted, although most artists using some licence have tended to paint galleons, which were in fact, ships of the previous century. This made my task particularly exciting and challenging.
The painting of the First Fleet took over fifteen months to complete. I believe that they are the most accurate representation of the First Fleet ever likely to be seen.
The Fleet consisted of two naval ships, six transports carrying convicets and three storeships. Eleven of the paintings concentrate on an individual ship at some stage of that long journey from Portsmouth, to Tenerife, Rio De Janeiro and Cape Town. The twelth painting is of the entire Fleet in Sydney Cove, with each ship in correct mooring position, as shown by early drawings.
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ABOUT ERIC MCGRAFFIN
Born in 1947, Eric McGraffin spent his formative years in a small coastal town near the English Lake District in Cumbria. Growing up in this marine haven had a profound impact on him. The constantly visiting ships and the Irish Sea fishing trawlers stamped and coloured his life, drawing and painting became his early hobbies.
Eric McGraffin's style with oils is both dramatic and painstakingly accurate. He's a widely accepted, distinguised, technical marine artist, with a great affinity for his subject. He has established considerable renown for his ability to accurately research, reconstruct and portray marine events of histortical significance. Consequently, his work is in considerable demand but because of his insistence for absolute accuracy in his subjects, Eric's production is extremely limited.
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