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. NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP : LICENCE : Autorisation en cours |