Document No 3986: BRITANNIA and VIGILANT Race Head-to-Head

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AUTEUR : J. Edmunds

REF : 0

EDITION : 1893

DATE : 01 Aug 1894

COURSE : 9

DESCRIPTION SITE :

Oil on Canvas Dated 1895
20 x 30 Inches 26 ½ X 36 ½ Inches Framed
Signed LR: J. Edmunds

A period yacht racing scene of two classic and storied J-Class competitors, it is as desirable in its artistic merit as it is in historic content. As an artist Edmunds is one we have noticed previously, but very little public information exists about him. His technical strength and ability are unquestionably professional, yet very few of his paintings have surfaced.

What the artist has captured here is the moment of truth for these epic racers, as BRITANNIA faces down the 1893 America's Cup champion on the home course in the Solent, between Southampton and the Isle of Wight, which is the headland seen in the distance. More specifically, the racing yachts are preparing to round the East Lepe buoy. This would make the race the important summer Cowes Regatta. BRITANNIA has already beaten VIGILANT in their first two meetings, at the Muir Memorial Cup Challenge at the Mudhook Yacht Club, and at the Queen's Cup with 100,000 spectators along the banks of the Clyde.

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Autorisation en cours
BATEAUX : VIGILANT
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SITE LARG HAUT ADRESSE
Vallejo Maritime Gallery 1000 664 http://www.vallejogallery.com/artists/E/Edmunds,%20J/BRITANNIA%20and%20VIGILANT/1000%20dpi%20un%20framed%2011-14-07%20.jpg